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bump, i know that in order for it to show up as games in the main menu you would have to skin a button for it. i would like to change the my pictures menu to show my games insted (i will reskin the button for it) but the thing is when i have my pictures show the contents pf my games folder in the root menu there still is the menu on the left that has the slideshow, tumbnails, ect options... i want it to have a scan button and configurable like the my programs menu.
in what file is the my programs settings embeded in. is there a way just to duplicate the my programs menu... so there is a second one.
thanks
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kraqh3d
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yes, you can change the string labels, and yes you can put more than one link to a window, but you cannot have two copies of a section with different configurations.
for example, while you can make two copies of "my programs" and call them "my games" and "my apps", they will both see whatever bookmarks are under your <myprograms> section in xboxmediacenter.xml
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2004-09-14, 19:45
hi,
i would be very nice to have an "my games" <bookmark> that allows me to list the games on the hdd.
i have configures xbmc as my default dashboard and have to go to the "my files" section, find a game and execute the default.xbe in the game folder.
it would be great with a "my games" list ... especially considering that xbmc are running in an enviroment that was build for playing ... games ;-)
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recoil
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i think that while you can do something like that, he might have been getting at the fact that you can't completely set a root bookmark for games, and this is something i wish could be done too.
for example, i dont believe you can customize the "my programs" or any of the other main menu names. you are stuck with what you have as they are a part of the skin.
it would be cool if you could have an "my apps" and "my games" or to even be able to ditch the "my" part and make 2 main menu entries as "applications" and "games."
i do realize that inside the "my programs" you can set it to default to games, and also create custom bookmarks, but it would be nice to have those back at the main menu.
that might have been his point
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you are missing the boat. it can't be done.
what you need to do is come up with a command syntax that makes sense for us to use. eg activatewindow() works nicely at the moment - we need an alternative command that will do 2 things:
1. activate the appropriate window.
2. show the appropriate directory.
think of a decent command structure that could accomplish this, and we'll see what we can do.
