How to hide the desktop

[rudraksh]

hi,
I want to do this thing.When the computer will start ,the application will start and we will see only the interface of that application.When I will exit the application ,the computer will shut down. That means no desktop will be shown.Can anybody suggest me any way to do this in vb.net???
Any suggestions will be really helpful.
Thanks!!
Joydeep

[Craig Gemmill]

What you want to do is set your application as the default Shell (aka User Interface) for that particular user or computer. If the system in question is on a domain, then you are best off using group policies to perform the task, otherwise, just change this registry value for the appropriate user:

HKXX\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell

Put the FQDN of your application as the value for Shell.

This is often referred to as Kiosk mode.

I'm not entirely sure if the procedure in this article applies to non-embedded XP systems, but it's good info non-the-less:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...erentUsers.asp

[rudraksh]

What you want to do is set your application as the default Shell (aka User Interface) for that particular user or computer. If the system in question is on a domain, then you are best off using group policies to perform the task, otherwise, just change this registry value for the appropriate user:

HKXX\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell

Put the FQDN of your application as the value for Shell.

This is often referred to as Kiosk mode.

I'm not entirely sure if the procedure in this article applies to non-embedded XP systems, but it's good info non-the-less:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...erentUsers.asp

Thanks a lot Craig,It was really helpful ...I will let you know after successfully implementing it.
Thanks!!
Rudraksh