Fatboyfun wrote:Not entirely true, it can be done, but involves a risky registry edit.

Look at the bottom of the Binatone guide for details.

THE CORRECT AND SAFE WAY TO DISABLE THE DEFAULT SHELL.
Link TBC
This will only work on devices that save their registry!
Download the archive above and extract the Boot folder to the root of ResidentFlash, (Must be ResidentFlash, Will not work on SD card!) Use any file explorer or iGO's external programmes feature to run AddRemoveRegistry.exe, A sound effect will play when complete.
Now when the device is booted the shell will be killed and whatever is in SHELL.ini on the SD card is started automatically.
If no SD card or SHELL.ini is present the shell will start as normal.
Running AddRemoveRegistry.exe again will remove the registry edits and restore the device to normal.

The best way to do it, is how I did it, add a new entry in HKLM/init (Launch9999 should do) pointing to a script ON THE DEVICE that kills the process "JBSHello.exe" and starts iGO, but only if a valid SHELL.ini is present, if one isn't, it just exits without doing anything.
So if you need access to the device shell, pop out the card and reboot.