[boot] Section Settings All settings in this section, except for CachedFileHandles, are required. If you modify or delete one of these settings, Windows might not work properly. There are no specific default values for these settings; Setup assigns values based on your system configuration. If you want to run a different application when you start Windows, change the following setting. ____________________________________________________________ shell= Default: None (Setup initializes this value as PROGMAN.EXE.) Purpose: Specifies the Windows application that runs when you start Windows. Unless you change this setting, Program Manager will run when you start Windows. For example, if you want to run File Manager instead of Program Manager when you start Windows, you could change this setting as follows: shell=winfile.exe ____________________________________________________________ .