shell help

Sunday, July 15, 2001 by Taylor Blum | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

i have read on the lite step.com website. I really have no idea about windows shells. i dont wanna mess up my comp, and i have no idea how to install the litestep themes anyways. SO i was wandering if anyone has documents or advice to share. bye.
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Jafo
Reply #21 Tuesday, July 17, 2001 1:53 AM
Ah....I'll have to get out of 2K and boot into my ME drive, disable LiteSPAWN, my shell loader, and work through it myself to be sure of giving you the correct info.

But firstly, it's not the bios you want to get into, but the OS, without loading a shell....ie...Dos....Now, ME works differently to 98 or 95, so I better check twice, to be sure, to be sure...

I'll be Bach....

Taylor Blum
Reply #22 Tuesday, July 17, 2001 2:30 AM
okay thanx. i did get into that screen were it lets me select safe mode etc. but there's no opion that says command line only.and thanx again for looking at it to provide the answers i need

Jafo
Reply #23 Tuesday, July 17, 2001 9:07 AM
Taylor...to get past the OS shell in ME, you will need a Boot disk....so boot from the floppy and re-start...you won't need CD-Rom support [one of the options you will be given]...and at the c:\ prompt...you can access your system.ini file and edit the shell= line....


What you type...
edit c:\windows\system.ini [enter]

change in the [boot] section....

shell=explorer.exe
to
shell=c:\litestep\litestep.exe

save the changes...
pull out the floppy...
reboot.

Dun....

Taylor Blum
Reply #24 Tuesday, July 17, 2001 3:12 PM
i dont have a startup floppy, i do have a restore disc, it says (bootable Cd) , will that work?

Jafo
Reply #25 Tuesday, July 17, 2001 5:32 PM
Yes....that should, I think....give it a go, although you can make a floppy.....it's an option in ME...

Taylor Blum
Reply #26 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 9:16 PM
well a funny thing happend, i could get into dos from my bootable cd. The only prob is when i installed the new litestep shell, i must of messed the file name up, cuz it said error loggin shell. So i had to totally restore my comp . I couldnt get edit to work in dos from the boot like i thought it would,ve. well i guess i still wanna find a way to change my shell, but this time i wanna make sure i can change it from startup.

Jafo
Reply #27 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 10:21 PM
Talor....my 'Jafo' LiteSTEP theme on WinCusto has LiteSPAWN included....it is a shell manager for 9x/2K/Me/NT....if you run it...it asks if you want it to be your shell....just click yes, and it will correct the system.ini for you...

Then it will give you the choice of loading LiteSTEP or Explorer....it's what I use...and quite painless, too...

Jafo
Reply #28 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 10:28 PM
Damn....Ignore that....I thought it did....I must have too many themes...I know one of them I upped somewhere had it.
Anyway, If you want it, I can email it or ICQ...whatever...it isn't all that big...

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