Sort of getting somewhere now...found a desktop based ce registry tool that lets me in!
init has this in it:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init
epend30
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init
epend60
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init
epend70
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init:Launch10 which is shell.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init:Launch20 which is device.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init:Launch30 which is GWES.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init:Launch60 which is explorer.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init:Launch70 which is GpsMc.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init:Launch9999 which is miaautorun\launch.exe
that last bit is an unlock for miopocket that was no doubt involved in causing the problem to start off with
init also has a seperate folder inside called Bootvars which contains:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init\BootVars:Flags
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init\BootVars
rofileDir
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init\BootVars:RegistryFlags
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\init\BootVars:SystemHive
bated breath time...