Custom User Interface

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows2000, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

Specifies an alternate user interface. The Explorer program (%windir%\explorer.exe) creates the familiar Windows interface, but you can use this setting to specify an alternate interface. If you enable this setting, the system starts the interface you specify instead of Explorer.exe. To use this setting, copy your interface program to a network share or to your system drive. Then, enable this setting, and type the name of the interface program, including the file name extension, in the Shell name text box. If the interface program file is not located in a folder specified in the Path environment variable for your system, enter the fully qualified path to the file. If you disable this setting or do not configure it, the setting is ignored and the system displays the Explorer interface. Tip: To find the folders indicated by the Path environment variable, click System Properties in Control Panel, click the Advanced tab, click the Environment Variables button, and then, in the System variables box, click Path.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

• Computer
  Activate Shutdown Event Tracker System State Data feature

  Windows Server 2003 only
• Computer
  Allow Distributed Link Tracking clients to use domain resources

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• User
  Century interpretation for Year 2000

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Configure the behavior of the sudo command

  At least Windows 11
• Computer
  Display highly detailed status messages

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Display Shutdown Event Tracker

  At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional
• Computer
  Do not automatically encrypt files moved to encrypted folders

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Do not display Manage Your Server page at logon

  At least Windows Server 2003
• User
  Do not display the Getting Started welcome screen at logon

  Windows 2000 only
• Computer
  Do not turn off system power after a Windows system shutdown has occurred.

  At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional with SP1
• User
  Don't run specified Windows applications

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Download missing COM components

  At least Windows 2000