danpye

Thank you very much. I got it working using the update that you provided to me on the Reboot.pro post. Dan

Like I said, I can get the explorer.exe to launch, but only as a file browser, not as the actual shell. (btw - in order to do this, i had to chance the USERPROFILE env var from x:\windows\sytem32\config\systemprofile to x:\Users\default ) When I go into the winlogon reg key and change the SHELL entry from the cmd /k cmd.exe to explorer.exe, then open taskmanager, kill explorer.exe and relaunch it, I see the little blurb about 'Preparing windows ' - Windows update, etc.. (small grey screen at upper right corner), but the actual GUI never launches.

I left that step out of my post, but I did go in and get the following keys via regedit (I extracted all files from the Install WIM from the DVD to my HD and then opened regedit. I then File - load Hive and loaded the software hive. I exported the following to reg files) HKLM\Software\Classes HKLM\Sfotware\MS\Windows\Explorer HKLM\Software\MS\Windows NT\\Svchost I then went in, changed the D:\ and the 44,00,... to the right values Next, I mounted my custom build WIM file and imported the reg files. I then unmounted registry hives, unmounted Custom build Wim file, and recreated iso file. do you have to go in and get all of the services to get explorer.exe as shell?

Hi Kullenen_Ask I am trying to follow your instructions regarding creating a custom PE disk (win pe 3.0) and getting explorer.exe working but am having a problem with explorer.exe If I change the HKLM\Software\MS\WINNT\CurrentVer\Winlogon\Shell= key to explorer.exe, then type explorer.exe in the command prompt, explorer runs the ie4unit process, and then doesnt initialize the gui. If i change this value to anything else, explorer.exe comes up, but onlly as a file browser, and I dont get any gui. I know that I am missing one small thing, but not sure what. any ideas? Thanks Dan