Dr_Righteous wrote:
No no no... Ugh... Why would anyone use software to do what you can do with a simple text editor (ie: EDIT.COM) on the fly? Just create two shell= lines in win.ini and comment one of them out.
shell=x:\path\winuae\winuae.exe
;shell=c:\windows\explorer.exe
easy money.
Uhhhmmm, convenience perhaps? I know that when I was playing around with alternative shells I really hated having to modify either my system.ini (in the case of 98SE) or registry (when I switched to NT4 and then 2k) eveytime I wanted to make a switch. Once I settled on LiteStep after a solid two months of continous use, I made the changes to my registry 'permanent' and got rid of the shell manager.
I don't want to turn this into a flame war, but I really don't appreciate being criticized for being helpful. Besides, I did mention modifying the "shell" line in the system.ini for Win9x user in my original post. I also edited my original message to reference an online guide that takes advantage of the true multi-user environemnt of winNT4+.
In fact you might want to re-read the last sentence in the first paragraph and the second paragraph of my original post. I imply that if someone plans on using an alternative shell, on an almost exclusive basis, that making the changes to the system.ini (or the registry, which I probably should have explicitly mentioned) 'permanent' may be more convenient.