The PROTSHELL= statement specifies the name of the program for the Shell process of the Workplace Shell. The default is PMSHELL.EXE. This program loads the Workplace process and handles restarting it, should it fail.

The SET RUNWORKPLACE= statement specifies the name of the program for the Workplace process of the Workplace Shell. The default is also PMSHELL.EXE. PMSHELL recognizes whether it should act as the Shell process or as the Workplace process. Setting this to be CMD.EXE will cause an OS/2 command prompt to be started instead of the Workplace Shell process.

The SET SHELLEXCEPTIONHANDLER=OFF statement disables the Workplace Shell trap handler. The default is ON, which can mask problems with a Workplace Shell application.

The SET RESTARTOBJECTS=NO statement prevents objects from being re-opened or re-started when the Workplace Shell is initialized. This is useful when there is an object that is causing a problem in the Workplace Shell.