[Solved] Windows 7 64-bit and System Shell

[cryogenx]

When i try to set CF as the system shell it doesnt work, im running CF from the desktop with the -nolimit -nowarning params and its working fine, i can place the shortcut in startup and its works fine, but when i try to set as shell it just boot to the desktop then about 15 secs later cf starts to load, but im geting a full desktop with start menu and everything...

any ideas? i have search the forums and tried all these fixed posted and still cannot get it to work... thanks

Solution found on last post: Windows 7 64-bit and System Shell

[Scott]

make sure you are signed on as Administrator and see if that makes a difference

[Chester]

I found that to do it, I had to first make sure that "run as system shell" inside centrafuse was set to no.

Then exit out of centrafuse.

Go to your link to open centrafuse, right click and open the properties, make sure you have added the -nolimit and -nowarning switches and anything else you want.

Then, click okay, then right click on the link and select "Run as Administrator".

Then once Centrafuse has loaded, you should be able to go back in and set the "Run as system shell" option to yes, at which point it should work as required.

[cryogenx]

nope didnt help although i have all but completely botched my CF install... i had forgotten to activate windows 7 and did so today, now CF is telling me im back to a trial version... how can this be? i reset the lic and requested a new file, (asked support to reset the old lic file) and i installed the new license, and CF is still telling me its a trial...

what do i DO!!!!!

[cryogenx]

Spoke to Reagan on the Phone today, is anyone here running windows 7 64-bit?

I'm wondering if the differences in the registry are causing an issue..

p.s. Thanks Reagan for your help!

[fixerofallthings]

Originally Posted by cryogenx

Spoke to Reagan on the Phone today, is anyone here running windows 7 64-bit?

I'm wondering if the differences in the registry are causing an issue..

p.s. Thanks Reagan for your help!

I am running that combo but I have not tried running CF as shell. I will try and let you know what happens.

[cryogenx]

thanks for the assist!

[Reagan]

Also, I heard today from a customer, that got this to work on Win7:

You must be running Win7 w/ UAC disabled, and you must be logged in as THE Administrator, not AN account that IS an administrator, but THE Administrator account.

Also, telling CF to Run As the Administrator, probably wouldn't hurt either.

[cryogenx]

Yea done both of those and still nothing, got the license thing fixed though...

[Reagan]

Must be a 64bit thing - hopefully fixerofallthings can verify