BklynKid Wrote:Yes!!! That worked, thank you so much for your reply!

I simply uninstalled and then re-scanned and when it came back I had a Human Interface Device and after a reboot (and re-applying the .reg file) all was well!


Awesome, look at me, using my remote...!

igjunk Wrote:I maybe wrong, or perhaps someone else already suggested this, but anyway...

I think the following might work for remaping of the green button:
1. Download and install autohotkey: http://www.autohotkey.com/
2. Create a new file called greenbutton.ahk with this:

Code:

;Win-Alt-Enter is the shortcut for GreenButton
#!Enter::
    IfWinNotExist XBMC.exe ;If XBMC is shutdown
        Run %ProgramFiles%\XBMC\XBMC.exe ;Start it
        WinWait,XBMC,,5 ;wait for 5 seconds for it
        If ErrorLevel ;Display an error in case it times out.
        {
            MsgBox, XBMC Startup timed out.
            return
        }
    WinActivate ;Activate the window, in case the it's in the background.
    WinMaximize ;Maximize the window.
    WinShow ;Bring it to front.
    return

3. move that greenbutton.ahk file to startup folder of all users.

Thanks,

p.s. autohotkey also might eliminate the need to touch any registry values for the RC6 remote. If, interested, below is the link to keyboard equivalents of all MCE remote codes: http://www.byremote.com.au/Hip/mce_remote_faq.htm#MCE keyboard shortcuts

elitegamer360 Wrote:Not sure if you heard about this solution http://inchoatethoughts.com/launching-xbmc-with-a-windows-media-center-remote it does not require any 3rd party apps working in the background and has so many positive feedbacks in the site, so I tried it a couple of months ago but it did not work for me and caused my Windows 7 x64 to BSOD every restart.

Quote:Thank you for your suggestion though, it might help someone else who is intrested in your specific solution.

igjunk Wrote:It's an interesting approach, but replacing ehshell.exe is prone to problems, such as when a new patch comes out and replaces it or if one would like to use both MC & XBMC.

Personally, I would rather not mess with MC files, if possible. Using autohotkey gives you more flexibility around the behavior.



Understood. Thanks for a great guide and all the hard work!

SvenGTC Wrote:Hello elitegamer360

first thanks for your work.

I missed one Function: Shuffle on/off - is this possible?

AgeOfPanic Wrote:Does anybody know a keyboard shortcut to shutdown the pc from XBMC? I'm using xbmc Commander on my iPad and waking the pc up works fine, but now I would also like to shutdown. Right now the shutdown button is assigned to S, but that shows a menu with shutdown as one of the options. I'd like to shutdown straight away.

AgeOfPanic Wrote:Thanks elitegamer. I'm not sure how to use your method though. I use xbmc commander, an app for my iPad. It let's you assign keyboard commands, like the S command, to buttons in the menu. However, I don't see the menu after S, so I can't use it.
Therefore, I would like to assign a different command to the Shutdown button in the app, that would shutdown the pc directly. Windows is setup to use hibernate. How would I assign a keyboard command to the Power command that you posted in your reply?