How to Launch Command Prompt or Other Programs Using “Ease of Access” Button at Login Screen in Windows Vista and Later? Recently an Ask. VG reader ?
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You can see this button present at the extreme right- side of the Command Bar in Windows Vista and Windows 7 Explorer. Once you click on it, it opens Windows Help window. I tried to find its code using my favorite Resource Hacker tool.
I first tried to look into Shell. I found the code and removed it. I compiled and saved the file, restarted Windows and BOOM!!! Windows crashed at login screen and I couldn't log into Desktop. Since it crashed Explorer, I also couldn't access Task Manager. I had to enter into Recovery Console and restored the default file. I again tried many times, I tried to modify the code but each time I restarted, it crashed Windows at login screen.
Anyway that's a different story but I'm sharing it with you all because this incident gave me an interesting idea. Since I was able to reach login screen but couldn't log into Desktop, I thought that wouldn't it be great if we could get access to Command Prompt at login screen so that we can restore files or run other commands in case we are unable to log into Windows. Actually it happens many times when Windows crashes at login screen due to corrupt or missing system files and the only way to fix this kind of problem is to restore system or repair or reinstall Windows. So it would be really great if we can launch Command Prompt at login screen and then we'll be able to restore default system files if our modified file doesn't work properly.
I know it would be a security risk and other people can execute commands to reset password, create or remove user accounts, etc using Command Prompt at login screen but it would not be the case if you are the only user of your computer. Now the question comes how can we access Command Prompt at login screen?
By changing . Windows login screen contains an . Open Windows Explorer and go to C: \Windows\System. Here C: is the system drive where Windows is installed in your system. If you installed Windows in any other partition, replace C: with the appropriate drive letter.
Alternatively you can directly open . Once you open System. Before replacing the file, you'll need to take ownership of it.
You can take its ownership using following tutorial: Add . After taking ownership, rename the file to some other name such as utilman.
Now the final step. Copy cmd. exe file from same . Windows will create a copy of cmd. Rename it to utilman. Lock or log off and when you'll click on Ease of Access button at login screen, you'll get immediate access to Command Prompt.
You can replace it with any other desired program's EXE file as mentioned above. Just copy your desired program's EXE file from its folder and paste it in System. Following screenshot shows Solitaire game running at login screen: You can also replace original utilman.
Explorer. exe file and you'll get access to your Desktop and all at login screen. Feel free to share your feedback about this tutorial in your comment.. UPDATE: You can also use following Registry tweak to replace.
How to Remove “Branding Logo” and “Ease of Access” (Accessibility) Button from Windows Vista and 7 Login Screens? This tutorial has been created mainly for customization lovers. Many times you change Windows login screen background to your favorite wallpaper but the . We'll need to edit . First copy authui. In most of the cases its C: \Windows.
Now open the new file in Resource Hacker. Replace the existing < element id=. Now to remove . It'll show you following line: < button id=. That's it, click on . Now we'll need to replace original authui. First take ownership of .
Now rename it to . Now copy your new modified . Restart your system and after restart Windows will start using your new modified file and you'll not see the.