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I don't need XBMC to load via quiet or ghost mode, I just want it to be the first program that loads up when Windows 7 starts. Right now it boots straight into windows media center.
Also, I would like to be able to switch back and forth between the two programs because I am still going to record live tv shows with windows media center but everything else with XBMC. Any suggestions on the best way to do this? Thanks.
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Put a shortcut to XBMC in C:\Users\*logged on user*\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
If you are using a remote, you could program a button for alt-tab using something like EvenGhost, that way you could switch between the two programs.
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I'm trying to figure out eventghost to do an [alt-tab] to go between programs using my mce remote, but I am completely lost. Any help?
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What I do is to configre the green button on my remote to send ctrl-shift-W, then configure this as the shortcut key for the XBMC icon. This means when I press the green button it runs XBMC, of if XBMC is still running it returns the focus to XBMC. That allows you to switch back to XBMC from WMC. A similar trick may work for switching from XBMC to WMC.
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But how do I do this in Eventghost? It has got to be one of the most confusing programs I have ever used.
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Do you have to use Eventghost? Why not just use an eHome remote instead, then you can easily configure any button to do anything you want, including send alt-tab.
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I have a windows media center remote. I'd like to remap a couple of buttons to do esc, c, i, and alt-tab.....will the media center remote plugin do that....then I could avoid eventghost.
