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Replace Shell for One User

Asked by Ryan_R in Miscellaneous, Windows XP Operating System, Microsoft Operating Systems

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Hi Everyone - how's thing?

What I would like to do is create a user account on my computer called 'Games' (limited account) for novice PC users (and techies) to use when playing games - so that they can't screw around with my PC. I'm imagining that I can create a program in VB6 that will link to all the games on my computer (I would add/edit these manually by reprogramming it) that I want to be available to them, plus shortcuts to Shutdown/Restart/Logoff/Hibernate/Standby the PC on the form.

I would then like to have that program startup with XP in replacement of explorer.exe - I've seen how this is possible by changing 1 or 2 registry keys, though never tried it myself. I want to ensure that two criteria are met, though:

1) - The shell is only used on the account named 'Games'. My own account will use the default windows shell.

2) - Logging on as 'Games' will load the VB app and nothing else. They shouldn't be able to access 'My Computer', My Docs, Network Places, Control Panel, Internet Explorer, Task Manager, etc. Basically everything besides the VB6 app and what it can run will be off limits - is that possible? Note - I also have FreshUI available to me to create further restictions if necessary (although not sure if that will be bound to just the one user account)

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