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Hi there was looking to boot xbmc and to stop xbmc lossing focus.
Q1 Will this fix the lossing focus problem
Q2 will it still load the ati gfx settings
Q3 how do use your script, in the startup folder ?
Thanks. Ang other tips or important info I am using windows 7 64bit.
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I've had a good read of this thread over the last few days as this is something I was very keen to achieve and was suffering from the loss of focus issue associated with putting xbmc.exe or a shortcut into the win7 startup folder.
I ended up a solution that I don't think has been posted so far so I thought I would share mainly so that people have another alternative available.
I'm running win7 home premium on my main box but have only tested this on a win7 pro test rig, so please shout me down if there are problems ;-)
In a nutshell, I added the registry key suggested earlier in this post:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] with the shell value set to C:\program files\xbmc\xbmc.exe but I put it under HKEY_CURRENT_USER rather than HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
What you end up with by doing it this way is a user account that boots direct to xbmc yet maintains the ability for other accounts on the machine to boot into a standard shell. The xbmc shell user account can be set to default so there is no need to choose an account on logging in.
The other advantage I found with this method is that when you change the entry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and exit xbmc back to a blank screen, if you launch explorer.exe from the task manager you do not get the start menu and taskbar back. However when the value is changed under HKEY_CURRENT_USER the start menu and taskbar will return when you launc explorer.exe.
Result is a box that boots direct to xbmc with no need for 3rd party software or modifications and maintains the ability for normal pc use if needed. I've set chrome browser and itunes to launch via advanced launcher shortcuts on my xbmc home menu so never really need to exit out to task manager.
Final random thought....going to see if advanced launcher will allow me to launch explorer.exe from within xbmc giving me the ability to get back to a normal desktop if needed without needing to bring up task manager. Will post an update if anyone is interested??
Oh, and thanks for the thread so far...I wouldn't have my system anywhere near this stage without the info posted previously :-)
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Yes, my settings point to the my documents folder, so you need to change that to the program files folder.
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Hi Raytestrak,
I used your xbmc.cmd method. It works great. I have a question:
When I start it this way, my htpc doesn't show up in my network. I suppose it's because explorer.exe hasn't yet launched. Is that correct? Is there a way that I could use your method and still have my htpc show up in my network? Like maybe have explorer launch in the background?
Thanks for any help you could give.
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That's strange, I can see my htpc just fine. I've shared my xbmc folder and I see it from my laptop.
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Thank you guys some much. I finally figured it out.
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