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there is a tool to use any program as the windows shell.
http://www.astonshell.com/aston/utilit.htm this tool just changes one registry setting.

namely
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"Shell"="explorer.exe"

change shell in this

"Shell"="'path to media portal' ,svchost.exe"
svchost.exe is needed for some windows functions.

the tool from aston, wich i linked above, does this for you. litstep has a similar tool, but i didn't find a link to it. and litestep is open source i think, so probably the tool from litsestep could be bundled with media portal.

this functionality could be provided as an option in the media portal installer.

normally media portal should be able to run as shell already, normaly you can use any program you want as shell. but there seems to be some bug in media portal, when it tries to start as shell, it gives an error and closes.

anyway, perhaps this bug is fixed already, i didn't try it with the latest release.

but to be able to run media portal as shell sucesfully it shoul also run the programs that are suposed to run at windows startup, explorer.exe reads these entrys from the registry and some other places. if you set media portal as shell now, your firewall, virusscanner, and other programs do not start.

and the other features i mentioned in previous posts should be nice then to, especially a system tray would be a nice feature.

greetings,
dimitri

<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 6787">there is a tool to use any program as the windows shell.<a href="http://www.astonshell.com/aston/utilit.htm" target="_blank">http://www.astonshell.com/aston/utilit.htm</a> this tool just changes one registry setting.namely[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]&quot;Shell&quot;=&quot;explorer.exe&quot;change shell in this&quot;Shell&quot;=&quot;'path to media portal' ,svchost.exe&quot;svchost.exe is needed for some windows functions.the tool from aston, wich i linked above, does this for you. litstep has a similar tool, but i didn't find a link to it. and litestep is open source i think, so probably the tool from litsestep could be bundled with media portal.this functionality could be provided as an option in the media portal installer.normally media portal should be able to run as shell already, normaly you can use any program you want as shell. but there seems to be some bug in media portal, when it tries to start as shell, it gives an error and closes.anyway, perhaps this bug is fixed already, i didn't try it with the latest release.but to be able to run media portal as shell sucesfully it shoul also run the programs that are suposed to run at windows startup, explorer.exe reads these entrys from the registry and some other places. if you set media portal as shell now, your firewall, virusscanner, and other programs do not start.and the other features i mentioned in previous posts should be nice then to, especially a system tray would be a nice feature.greetings,dimitri</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 6787"] there is a tool to use any program as the windows shell. [url]http://www.astonshell.com/aston/utilit.htm[/url] this tool just changes one registry setting. namely [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "Shell"="explorer.exe" change shell in this "Shell"="'path to media portal' ,svchost.exe" svchost.exe is needed for some windows functions. the tool from aston, wich i linked above, does this for you. litstep has a similar tool, but i didn't find a link to it. and litestep is open source i think, so probably the tool from litsestep could be bundled with media portal. this functionality could be provided as an option in the media portal installer. normally media portal should be able to run as shell already, normaly you can use any program you want as shell. but there seems to be some bug in media portal, when it tries to start as shell, it gives an error and closes. anyway, perhaps this bug is fixed already, i didn't try it with the latest release. but to be able to run media portal as shell sucesfully it shoul also run the programs that are suposed to run at windows startup, explorer.exe reads these entrys from the registry and some other places. if you set media portal as shell now, your firewall, virusscanner, and other programs do not start. and the other features i mentioned in previous posts should be nice then to, especially a system tray would be a nice feature. greetings, dimitri [/QUOTE]