Windows HOW-TO make XBMC for Windows boot as a Shell in Full Screen (the easy way)

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- waldo22 - 2010-05-31 01:37

DoubleSpeed Wrote:If you are using Windows 7 and just want XBMC to load up automatically along with your normal start-up just add a shortcut to XBMC into your Startup folder.

The problem with this is that you see all the stuff that goes with Windows... start menu, icons, etc.

Less of a "seamless" HTPC experience...

- DoubleSpeed - 2010-05-31 11:22

Yeah I guess it depends if you want to use the PC as a PC as well, the Startup folder solutions is really simple and requires no fiddling around and you can quit XBMC and use your normal PC functions at any time.

- Jair - 2010-06-17 21:54

Hi all. When I try the Eventghost as shell method, it loads XBMC but all I get it's a black screen.
If I press ctrl+shift+esc to open the event manager the XBMC process is listed as running.
If I kill the process and the re-open it from event ghost it works without a glitch.

Any idea?

- sireddie - 2010-06-22 01:30

Jair Wrote:Hi all. When I try the Eventghost as shell method, it loads XBMC but all I get it's a black screen.
If I press ctrl+shift+esc to open the event manager the XBMC process is listed as running.
If I kill the process and the re-open it from event ghost it works without a glitch.

Any idea?

Try starting XBMC with a delay. I think it's -d 5 for example (starts with 5 second delay).

- Jair - 2010-06-25 18:24

The delay trick didn't change anything Sad

- k1282 - 2010-07-01 22:26

is there also a way to run itunes in the background when booting up the system? without me noticing it?

- therain93 - 2010-07-04 19:15

as0l0 Wrote:I've had a lot of success just skipping the eventghost step and having xbmc.exe set as my shell in the registry (for a specific user).

The problem with that for some people is that xbmc will just crash if not given enough time to find drivers....starting it with a 30 second delay with eventghost seems to circumvent this.

- therain93 - 2010-07-04 19:16

DoubleSpeed Wrote:Yeah I guess it depends if you want to use the PC as a PC as well, the Startup folder solutions is really simple and requires no fiddling around and you can quit XBMC and use your normal PC functions at any time.

The primary problem with launching xbmc from the startup folder is that it can lose focus as other background programs load up.

- therain93 - 2010-07-04 19:17

Jair Wrote:The delay trick didn't change anything

set the delay for 30 seconds and give it a go. Something changed in Camelot that required me to use the delay flag too and going up that high was the only workaround.

- therain93 - 2010-07-04 19:20

k1282 Wrote:is there also a way to run itunes in the background when booting up the system? without me noticing it?

Perhaps start it minimized with eventghost?