Needing help! Xp with no GUI desktop

[ptrut]

Hi All

I need some help been googling days and nothing.

Im biulding a jukebox and want to start windows with no desktop. the jukebox must load automaticaly at startup.

My next big Question ( I have seen this done ) If i boot computer with usb drive that hase a directory named Music the computer must boot into a custom menu i made for admin of song transfer exe.

Any help would be apreciated

Thanks

Peter

Edited August 24, 2009 by ptrut

[jaclaz]

You can change the SHELL, from Explorer to something else.

Google for shell alternatives, here is a start:

http://www.msfn.org/board/best-alternative...ell-t45562.html

http://shellcity.net/

jaclaz

[Tripredacus]

I agree with the shell idea as well. You may want to put a button on your program that can launch the command prompt just for support reasons.

[ptrut]

Thank you for the replies but i realy want to know .

How to start with no Shell at all and my jukebox application to start automaticaly.

Edited August 25, 2009 by ptrut

[jaclaz]

Thank you for the replies but i realy want to know .

How to start with no Shell at all and my jukebox application to start automaticaly.

I'll try to type it slowly.....

...set .... your ....jukebox app.... as ....the... shell....instead....of...Explorer.exe

Read on sites related to alternative shells to learn how to change the shell (and also find programs that do that for you).

jaclaz

Edited August 25, 2009 by jaclaz

[JustinStacey.x]

Thank you for the replies but i realy want to know .

How to start with no Shell at all and my jukebox application to start automaticaly.

I'll try to type it slowly.....

...set .... your ....jukebox app.... as ....the... shell....instead....of...Explorer.exe

Read on sites related to alternative shells to learn how to change the shell (and also find programs that do that for you).

jaclaz

So instead of being ambiguous your previous post should surely have said:

"You can change the SHELL, from Explorer to your jukebox app".

Am i the only IT technician who is actually aware that others don't possess our level of knowledge?

[jaclaz]

Am i the only IT technician who is actually aware that others don't possess our level of knowledge?

It is possible.

Not being an IT technician I have no way to know, nor would that count.

However, I'll take the "ambiguous" and store it for future re-use.

jaclaz

[ptrut]

Thanks for the slow reply sometimes all of us are not all that bright.

Anyway is doesnt matter how i get the answers as long as i get them

Thank you

Peter

[ptrut]

Anyone have a slow reply to my next Question.

My next big Question ( I have seen this done ) If i boot computer with USB drive that has a directory named Music the computer must boot into a custom menu i made for admin of song transfer ext.

[iamtheky]

Where....is......the.....question?

I get, you made a menu, and you want it to show when you boot off your thumb drive, but only if the music folder is present?

or do you want the system to inspect any inserted usbstor device for a music folder, and if present, display an admin console allowing file transfer?

Seems to be a laborious task for song transfer.

If you really meant booting of the device, what are you using as the loader?

Edited August 27, 2009 by iamtheky

[jaclaz]

I guess that what you mean is something like Autoplay.

(Autoplaying the app for the transfer, not the actual music files)<- this sentence added to avoid being called ambiguous

http://dailycupoftech.com/usb-drive-autoruninf-tweaking/

The use of Autoplay is strongly UNADVISED, as it is a possible way to infect computers.

There is also a small app made exactly to AVOID this potentially dangerous behaviour:

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=4350

http://nunobrito.eu/ninja/

The alternative being a service running in background checking the contents of the USB stick at insertion time (by polling periodically the USB bus), some examples:

http://www.winu.cn/space-14160-do-blog-id-1737.html

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/DriveDetector.aspx

This is a "ready made" solution:

http://mattcollinge.wordpress.com/software...ect-and-launch/

Of course the latter kind of solution need to be installed on the machine (as opposed to the Autoplay that is - mainly - on the stick)

jaclaz

Edited August 27, 2009 by jaclaz

[ptrut]

Thank you all for this realy good and humerous help.

I will try this and post a reply

Thanks

Peter

[ptrut]

Where....is......the.....question?

I get, you made a menu, and you want it to show when you boot off your thumb drive, but only if the music folder is present?

or do you want the system to inspect any inserted usbstor device for a music folder, and if present, display an admin console allowing file transfer?

Seems to be a laborious task for song transfer.

If you really meant booting of the device, what are you using as the loader?

Yes I want the system to inspect any inserted usbstor device for a music folder, and if present, display an admin console allowing file transfer?

No i dont want to boot from the usb device. I want to plug in any USB drive and as long as it has a directory called Music it must boot into my custom menu in stead of my shell.

Hope this makes sense.

Peter

[Tripredacus]

Presuming that a USB drive connected to the computer would always be drive d: ...

Write a program that would be your shell app...

generic code example

if exist d:\music
	 then custom.exe
else
	 normal.exe
endif

[ptrut]

Presuming that a USB drive connected to the computer would always be drive d: ...

Write a program that would be your shell app...

generic code example

if exist d:\music
	 then custom.exe
else
	 normal.exe
endif

Thank you this sounds like what i need. But please forgive for my stupidity how do i create this program what do i use.

Some links ext would be fine just point me in the right direction

Thanks

Peter