I see. It seems I missed the word "only" in your original
question. What you need here is an alternative "Shell":
Not Windows Explorer but your own program. AFAIK
this is not too hard to achieve but I have never tried it
myself. It's probably defined here:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
If I were to play with this registry key then I would start
by backing up the registry, using regback.exe. I would
then have my trusty Bart PE boot CD handy so that
I could restore the registry in case I was unable to start
Windows.
Anyway, alternative shells are unrelated to Remote
Desktop or Console sessions. I suggest you start another
thread under a subject such as "Alternative Windows Shell".
"Nick" <Nick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3E86C8BA-152A-422B-976D-6A4BE4D4B93A@microsoft.com...
> Unfortunately this isn't quite acceptable - I don't want the users to be
> able
> to launch anything else on the machine - I don't want them to have access
> to
> a desktop at all. I'm guessing what I'm trying to do isn't possible in
> Windows XP.
>
> Thanks for your time in attempting to help me out!
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> As I wrote before, simply place the appropriate shortcut into
>> the Startup folder on the host (=the Server).
>>
>>
>> "Nick" <Nick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:BF2F0D48-1AE9-4385-9B72-8871E88BFC65@microsoft.com...
>> > Yes, I'm well aware you can do it on the CLIENT side - I want to do it
>> > on
>> > the
>> > "SERVER" side. So, I have a Windows XP machine to which other people
>> > are
>> > going to be logging in. On the Windows XP machine to which the users
>> > will
>> > be
>> > connecting (the "SERVER," if you will), I would like to FORCE a certain
>> > application to load automatically, whether the user specifies it or
>> > not.
>> > I
>> > know you can do this on Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services, and the
>> > settings are there to do it on Windows XP's Remote Desktop service (at
>> > least,
>> > they're there in the Group Policy Editor and they get put in the
>> > registry),
>> > but the settings don't seem to have any affect at all - users are still
>> > taken
>> > to the desktop automatically when they log in.
>> >
>> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Here is what I tried:
>> >> - Launch mstsc.exe (no parameters).
>> >> - Specify the target machine.
>> >> - Specify notepad.exe in the appropriate field.
>> >> - Start the session.
>> >> - Log on.
>> >>
>> >> I got an RDP session straight away, with notepad.exe in
>> >> the foreground. Perhaps notepad.exe is missing or defective
>> >> on your host.
>> >>
>> >> You could also launch your application by placing an appropriate
>> >> shortcut into the Startup folder on your host machine.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Nick" <Nick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:81307FC4-97E0-40D0-A099-72619F277919@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Sorry, didn't mean to be vague. What I mean is that, after setting
>> >> > an
>> >> > option
>> >> > for a program to start when a user logs in via remote desktop, I
>> >> > reboot
>> >> > the
>> >> > machine and attempt to log in via remote desktop. The user is
>> >> > simply
>> >> > taken
>> >> > to a Windows desktop (and an application does not automatically
>> >> > start)
>> >> > instead of having the application that I specified come up
>> >> > automatically.
>> >> > I'm trying a simple app for right now - notepad.exe.
>> >> >
>> >> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Nick" <Nick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:727D534D-B839-455E-8621-34F2F9F27C5D@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> > I'm attempting to set up a Windows XP machine so that only a
>> >> >> > certain
>> >> >> > program
>> >> >> > can be run when a user logs in via remote desktop, and that
>> >> >> > program
>> >> >> > starts
>> >> >> > automatically upon login. I've tried adjusting registry settings
>> >> >> > and
>> >> >> > using
>> >> >> > the gpedit.msc panel to enable this feature, but nothing seems to
>> >> >> > work.
>> >> >> > Can
>> >> >> > anyone tell me if it's possible to do this, or does this setting
>> >> >> > not
>> >> >> > work
>> >> >> > in
>> >> >> > XP's version of Terminal Services?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thanks!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> You write "but nothing seems to work". You need to be a lot
>> >> >> more specific about what exactly you tried and what happened.
>> >> >> Without this information we'd have to play guessing games.
>> >> >> You should also state what happens during a local log-in.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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