Solved Using CMD as the default shell

[kackiz]

It has been brought to my attention that by using the registry, we can change the default shell from explorer.exe to, say, powershell, or the command prompt. I've been having a lot of fun with this, as I've always wanted an operating system similar to DOS, but where you could execute modern 64-bit programs. This is very similar to what I wanted, but not quite, as the Command prompt does not support full-screen as we all know.

I wanted to know if there are other shell programs I can use besides explorer, CMD, or powershell. Maybe different shells that one can download off the internet as thought they were Linux desktops such as GNOME, KDE or Xfce?

P.S: The Registry key I'm referring to is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

 

[SIW2]

There various explorer replacements you could use. You could also take a look at winxshell, normally used for pe, might work for what you want.

 

[kackiz]

Maybe I'm misusing winxshell, but it looks like a bad copy of the windows 10 shell. You said there are numerous explorer replacements we can use, but I was wondering if there aren't any shell replacements. WnxShell is certainly one, but it looks very bad and again, just like windows 10. What else is there?

 

[SIW2]

shell-replacement-programs

 

[samuria]

Takes me back to the good old days when there was pctools and Norton desktops

 

[kackiz]

shell-replacement-programs

Now that is more of what I was looking for. Thanks!