How to add a custom windows boot screen (without HackBGRT) and boot directly to application?

Question

This question sort of has two parts and both are as important as each other for my solution.

1. How to add a custom windows splash screen to a PC with UEFI BIOS(without HackBGRT)?
2. How to boot directly into an application and restrict all other functionaliy in windows?

Part 1: How to add a custom windows boot screen (without HackBGRT)?

Background:

I'm developing an application to sell to my customers/clients. This application will be pre-installed and set on a machine I will provide. When the machine is powered up, rather an see a microsoft windows icon, I'd like to see some of my customised branding.

What I've tried so far?

1. This tutorial with this software. When I restarted my PC to see if there was a custom splash screen the system begun to reset the entire OS. This could've turned out a rather bad day but I was lucky the PC was new and didn't have any data worth revovering.
2. This tutorial which at the very start said the solution was for older BIOS' that didn't have a UEFI setup and therefore is not compatible with my system.

After this, every forum/video viewed were all suggesting HackBGRT. I can think of quite a few reasons why Microsoft would make this process hard but hopefully not impossible.

Questions:

Is there a way to do this without using a 3rd party library or program? i.e. by changigng the windows registry or bios settings.

Part 2: How to boot directly into an application and restrict all other functionaliy in windows?

Background:

After the splash screen is displayed from Part 1, I'd like the main UI page of my application to be displayed. I.e. no windows login, no windows screen - simply branded splash screen followed by the app itself.

What I've tried so far?

1. Basically windows start up program. Programs in this list appear to be loaded after login opposed to being pre-loaded when machine powers on.
2. I've etablished the app can load straight into full screen.

Apart from the two above, I didn't get too far.

Thanks in advance for any help as its much appreciated.

Kind Regards

Patrick

P.S. I couldn't think a windows topic that matched this so "windows settings" might not be quite right.

Answer 1

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I understand your query related to adding custom windows boot logo and launching an app automatically when the PC boots.

We do have a dedicated forum where you should find support. I would suggest you to post your query on Windows on Q&A, where we have support professionals with expertise to assist you with your query.

Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator