Shell101 is an application shell for links/shortcuts the administrator defines within the admin interface whereupon the administrator can associate the links/shortcuts with group memberships or usernames to be displayed within the client interface for the corresponding users group memberships or username where the user can then click the links to launch the applications. This application is for a NT 4.0, Win 2000, Win XP and Win 2003 environment. It is intended to run as an application shell in a thin client environment (Citrix and/or Terminal services environment) or as application shell in a desktop environment.