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I am using a wyse terminal (thin client) with xpe. I have disabled explorer in registry and replaced the shell with the vm client so at startup it looks like a windows logon but its VM view client instead. This all works well however when I log off it just goes to a blank desktop (because there is no explorer). Is there a way to get the vm view client to load straignt into the logon screen once the previous session logs off?

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Use a batch file as the shell:

vm.bat

:START

{vmclient.exe} (use whatever the real filename is)

goto START

That way it keeps restarting after it is terminated.

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  • Good idea, cheers will try that out and post result – JohnyV Jun 10 '09 at 08:43
  • It worked well I want the batch file to run invisible. I found a w script command however how can I execute a wscript in a file so that I can point the wscript to the shell? – JohnyV Jun 10 '09 at 22:26
  • This is the script I want to run wscript "E:\downloads\invisible.vbs" "E:\downloads\vm.bat" – JohnyV Jun 10 '09 at 22:27
  • I found a way to do it. I have this script called vm.vbs containing CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run """" & "C:\vm.bat" & """", 0, False it calls the vm.bat that you wrote. :START /MIN cd\ C: cd program files\VMware\VMware View\Client\bin\ wswc.exe goto START Then I got an application called Vbs To Exe 1.1 available for free from http://3d2f.com/programs/59-436-vbs-to-exe-download.shtml. I then created VMshell.exe using that app and now I use that as my Shell. Thanks for you help much appreciated. – JohnyV Jun 11 '09 at 00:56
  • Awesome, glad that worked! –  Jun 11 '09 at 05:33