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Custom Shell in Win8.1 Se
« on: March 15, 2014, 04:38:11 PM »

Frosor

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I'm stuggling on implementing a custom shell in Win8.1 SE.
Based on the msdn sources this is done by unsing the winpeshl.ini.
At first I tried to get the classic "cmd"-shell by diabling the pecmd and classicshell script. This resulted in a black screen after booting the OS.
Is there an oportunity to get the classic "cmd"-shell?

Thanks for advice.

Re: Custom Shell in Win8.1 Se
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2014, 04:01:29 AM »

anshad

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Is there an oportunity to get the classic "cmd"-shell?


You don't need to build Win8.1_SE to do that. Download ADK and build a standard WinPE 5.0. You will get the "Command Shell".

ADK Setup - http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=30652

Create A WinPE image - http://www.deploymentresearch.com/Research/tabid/62/EntryId/41/Windows-8-Preview-Howto-Creating-a-WinPE-boot-image-with-NET-Framework-and-PowerShell.aspx


Re: Custom Shell in Win8.1 Se
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2014, 11:43:22 AM »

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Re: Custom Shell in Win8.1 Se
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2014, 01:20:31 PM »

Frosor

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Thanks for your replies.
Sure I clould take the default WinPE but then I clouln't use my Win7SE scripts and the x64/x86 support in the sameOS.

The solution for a custom shell is in 5.0 different to 3.0. It's now the same registry entriy as it is for a desktop windows:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell

Re: Custom Shell in Win8.1 Se
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2014, 10:22:35 PM »

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The solution for a custom shell is in 5.0 different to 3.0. It's now the same registry entriy as it is for a desktop windows:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell
Yes, it is indeed like this in Win8.1SE and without data for HKLM\System\Setup,CmdLine.
However, it is not really related to 5.0 or 3.0 that have:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon,Shell,cmd.exe /k start cmd.exe
HKLM\System\Setup,CmdLine,winpeshl.exe

 

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