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Make sure you dont have it in any of these locations:<br />
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software<wbr />\Microsoft<wbr />\Windows\C<wbr />urrentVers<wbr />ion\RunOnc<wbr />e<br />
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Softwar<wbr />e\Microsof<wbr />t\Windows\<wbr />CurrentVer<wbr />sion\Polic<wbr />ies\Explor<wbr />er\Run<br />
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Softwar<wbr />e\Microsof<wbr />t\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon<wbr />\Userinit<br />
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And your startup folder: start, progams, startup<br />
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Make sure you dont have it in any of these locations:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit


And your startup folder: start, progams, startup




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I would not recommend doing this... You will not have a start bar, desktop icons, and will not be able to do a majority of other tasks. Why would want to do this? This is more damaging then helpful. Your other question posted was questionable as well. There should be no reason for you to even want to do this. Unless you have a replacement for explorer to take over it's massive amount of critical tasks.
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I would not recommend doing this... You will not have a start bar, desktop icons, and will not be able to do a majority of other tasks. Why would want to do this? This is more damaging then helpful. Your other question posted was questionable as well. There should be no reason for you to even want to do this. Unless you have a replacement for explorer to take over it's massive amount of critical tasks.

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This is being done on a thin client that will become a dumb terminal. &nbsp;We dont want the user to be able to access anything on them.
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This is being done on a thin client that will become a dumb terminal.  We dont want the user to be able to access anything on them.

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Have you tried doing what they suggested above?
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Have you tried doing what they suggested above?

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How can I remove the windows shell so when windows 7 boots up the explorer shell does not come up?
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How can I remove the windows shell so when windows 7 boots up the explorer shell does not come up?

Removing Windows Shell

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.