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Windows 8 Start Desktop

 Keywords:   Show Desktop Start Run ShellExecute Win8 Explorer Shell {3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}

Question:

I have a compiled Winbatch exe launched via registry Run key and it launches as expected and does its thing. But it runs in the background on the "desktop" while Windows 8 still displays the Start screen. I have added some code to launch exeplorer.exe and close the Libraries Window that appears when I do so. But I was wondering if there is a way for a compiled Winbatch exe to tell Windows 8 to show the desktop when it launches.

Answer:

There is probably a better way, but you could try putting the following at the beginning of your script 
Run( DirWindows(0):"explorer.exe", "shell:::{3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}")
This should cause Windows to switch to the desktop.

Have you considered launching the script as a task that runs 'at logon' using the TaskScheduler instead of the registry. 

Article ID:   W18445

Filename:   Windows 8 Start Desktop.txt
File Created: 2013:01:31:15:40:44
Last Updated: 2013:01:31:15:40:44