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Installation
Click here to obtain the latest beta release of geOShell.

After unzipping the file to its own directory on your hard drive (eg. c:\geoshell), add that directory to your path statement.

Making it the default shell :

Windows 95/98 : Change the SHELL = line in your SYSTEM.INI to point to geoShell.exe

Windows NT : Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\WinLogin in the registry editor. Change the "Shell" key to point to geoShell.exe



Plugins
Right-click the desktop.
Select "Plugins".
Choose "Load a plugin..." or under later versions of geOShell, "Install..."
Find the Plugin DLL you wish to implement and hit 'ok'.

Wharf Modules
Make sure your LiteStep directory is in your path statement.
Make sure your geoShell directory is in your path statement.
Right-click on the desktop, click "Plugins" and choose "Load a plugin..." (or "Install...")
Find your favorite Wharf Module and open it.

Q&A
How do i create quick launch buttons that sit on the geobar?

look under the following key:

hkcu\Software\geO\geOShell\Services\Launch

There may be several entries, one of which will be for quick launch. You can change the value to be any directory.

The same idea can be used to tweak the programs menu in the geobar.

One idea may be to change the Programs and Common Start entries to dir paths and then remove the values for Common Programs and Start. This way you are able to organize menus that work well for you personally.




How do I use the Auto-Hide feature?

Double-click the geOBar grip.




Where can I go to Talk about geOShell?

IRC Discussions :

#geoshell @ Dalnet




How do I make the geobars use the system colors?

Open RegEdit and navigate to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\geO\geOShell\ShellUI

change the value of "Use System Colors" to 1




I changed the key at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon to the geOShell path but when geOShell loads geoshell it does not show up.

Usually this means that the geoBar is just out of the screens display. Try deleting HKCU\SOFTWARE\geo\ out of the registry, and loading it again. Also try doing a winKey+H, then build the actual geoBar. It's possible the geOBar has not been built at all.






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