With the introduction of WinShellEx in the most recent versions, you shouldn't have to use "-noauto" anymore. WinShellEx should be able to detect if the start up items have been run already. – Also, Quick Recycle has been known to act a little funny on some systems.

GeoShell has several command line parameters which can be used to alter its behaviour . You can put any of these on your command line in your shell settings, and most of them are valid in combination (use common sense! For instance, don't bother trying -shutdown and -recycle).

A suggested use is to make files with these parameters as the name: For instance, make a file with no extension and name it "-noauto" ... or make a batch file and name it "-noauto .bat" (notice the space) ... you can then drag and drop one or more of these files onto geoshell.exe in your file manager instead of dealing with the command line ... And of course, if you did it with batch files, you could put the command in there like "geoshell.exe -noauto" and just run them.

command line	hotkey effect
-quick_recycle	CORE_QUICK_RECYCLE quick recycle
-recycle	CORE_RECYCLE recycle
-restart_plugin(x,y)	recycles the y'th plugin on the x'th bar.
-logoff	CORE_LOGOFF logoff pc
-shutdown	CORE_SHUTDOWN shutdown pc
-exit	CORE_EXIT exit geoshell
-about	CORE_ABOUT show about dlg
-install	CORE_INSTALLPLUGIN install plugin
-raise	CORE_RAISE get focus
These are especially useful for running GeoShell on top of Explorer.
-notasks	Don't start the task manager:
-notray	Don't start the tray manager
-nodesktop	Don't create our desktop window:
-noauto	Don't launch applications