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(2013-03-05, 23:23)m1mi.dan0s Wrote: [ -> ]

(2013-03-05, 10:31)m1mi.dan0s Wrote: [ -> ]Oops, right after I wrote the review I ran into an issue.

I just woke up the system from sleep and iMon Manager doesn't load, so I can't use the remote.

Any trick to fix this?

Edit: and also, the power button-menu doesn't open in the context menu. I see the menu when I right-click, but when I move my pointer over it or click on it nothing happens.

I ran Advanced System Care, which found over a 100 registry errors and some errors on my disk. After that the iMon related issue was fixed.

However, the power-shortcuts in the context menu issue persists.

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(2013-03-05, 15:29)baijuxavior Wrote: [ -> ]You mean the xbmc power button menu which you can access by 'S' is missing in xbmc?

No, I mean the shortcuts in explorer.exe, that are optional to be added during installation. I chose to only add them in the context-menu (right click on desktop) and not in the metro-screen.

When I right click on the desktop, at the bottom of the context-menu I see the menu named 'power' with a '>' next to it indicating it should unfold more options. But they don't appear, regardless of when I click on it or if I scroll over it. Other menu's, such as "Add to..." or "Sort by..." behave normally.

Windows 8 issue? Or XBMC Launcher issue?

It is a Windows related problem. I have posted a link to the solution some pages back. IIRC, it is related to UAC. Enable UAC if it is disabled. Download the source code and extract it. There is a PowerOptions registry file. Run it as administrator.


For more details read http://www.askvg.com/add-cascading-menu-...s-7-and-8/

(2013-03-03, 04:41)tweaker Wrote: [ -> ]I've been using XBMCLauncher for a few days now and it was perfect but now all of a sudden I'm getting these errors during boot up. I tried reinstalling XBMC, EventGhost, and XBMCLauncher. Problem still persists.





Any idea what's going on?

I have just reinstalled my mediacenter and found this app, but immediately at the first boot the same error occurs.
After a reboot it seems to work fine though.

(2013-03-05, 10:52)ShinobiX9X Wrote: [ -> ]3. i have the pulse eight libcec gdmi/usb thingy. this switches off tv and amp when i shutdown xbmc (good) but also when i just exit xbmc (where then i'd like to go to metro). that is a bit of a pain, anyone know
if it's possible that when exiting xbmc cec won't ask for a shutdown?

Actually, you can change this settings under system settings > input devices > peripherals. If you have the latest firmware on your usb-cec adapter then you'll find two separate options, I believe. One for turning off devices at shutdown and one for exiting xbmc.

I also connected this adapter today and it doesn't show this behavior. So try updating to the latest firmware and check in the settings.

Great Addon Baiju!! Thank You!

btw, is there a way to have xbmc start in "full mode" ....it worked fine , but it opened as a window

Thanks Again!

Press / to switch to full screen window. There is also a setting in xbmc to start in window mode or full screen.

(2013-03-09, 10:37)baijuxavior Wrote: [ -> ]Press / to switch to full screen window. There is also a setting in xbmc to start in window mode or full screen.

Thanks Bro! Great Addon Indeed!

@baijuxavior: Awesome add-on with excellent level of support! It made my HTPC launch much simpler! It should be included into standard Win XBMC distribution IMHO.

There are few issues with it on my setup though

My setup: Windows Server 2012 Essentials, XMBC 12.0 with default skin, MCE Remote, dedicated Standard user account to run XBMC with Auto-logon, XBMC Launcher 3.1 with all default options (I do not install XBMC Launcher MCE remote shortcuts, because I have my own customization, I do not customize Shutdown dialog mostly because of the problems explained below).
I also have your Add-Cascading-Power-Menu-in-Desktop-Context-Menu.zip and Add-System-Tools-Cascading-Menu-in-Windows-7.zip installed on that box, mostly for troubleshooting purposes.

Young kids and wife are important part of the setup too. This is why all instructions like "press this magic button combination", "enter admin password" and "do some other magic dance" are not an option for me. My requirement is that everything should be controlled by MCE remote, no keyboard or admin level access from the console should be involved. IMHO that is a normal requirement if the person who setups HTPC is not the solely user of it.

First of all before installing XBMCLauncher I had to promote XMBC user account temporarily to Administrator level.
Otherwise installer is asking to enter admin account credentials and is executed under that admin user profile and of course shell is replaced for that admin account and not for XBMC user.
I figured it the hard way

After putting XBMC user back to Standard level I still have some problems that cannot resolve:
1) Restart/Sleep/Shutdown options that are installed to the Start menu do not work. They just show desktop and do nothing else. If I say "run as admin" on them - they work just fine. BTW menu items from Add-Cascading-Power-Menu-in-Desktop-Context-Menu.zip work just fine for that standard user.
2) From standard XBMC Shutdown menu if I use anything other than Exit - it closes XBMC and does not go neither to Start menu, nor starts and explorer, just shows black screen. If I try to start Task Manager (with Ctrl+Shift+Esc) - it will of course ask for admin credentials and if I start "explorer.exe" from Task manager - explorer will be executed under admin user profile and a lot of interesting side affects will be happening (like screen saver with password - of course I do have it for Admin account!) and write access to my media library (which XBMC user does not have).
3) Power submenu in desktop context menu stays empty after the install. So I had to uninstall it and use your Add-Cascading-Power-Menu-in-Desktop-Context-Menu.zip which works like a charm.
4) "Win" button is not recognized by windows under XBMC user. Not sure if this is related to XBMC launcher, but I don't have any other software that installs any keyboard shortcuts. So, under XBMC user I cannot access Start screen at all unless I start explorer under Admin.

Any advice on how to solve these problems?

Some minor improvement suggestions:
1) Make XMBC tray app menu cascading - it has so many (very useful) options that they don't fit on the display in 720p mode and some NVidia video cards have an overscan problem with some displays which makes it impossible to see top and bottom scrolling arrows of that tall menu.
2) Add a keyboard shortcut to launch explorer if it is not started yet. For instance, standard Win+E which launches File Explorer if "explorer.exe" is already running.

Thanks a lot in advance.

(2013-03-09, 19:57)DrFox Wrote: [ -> ]After putting XBMC user back to Standard level I still have some problems that cannot resolve:
1) Restart/Sleep/Shutdown options that are installed to the Start menu do not work. They just show desktop and do nothing else. If I say "run as admin" on them - they work just fine. BTW menu items from Add-Cascading-Power-Menu-in-Desktop-Context-Menu.zip work just fine for that standard user.
2) From standard XBMC Shutdown menu if I use anything other than Exit - it closes XBMC and does not go neither to Start menu, nor starts and explorer, just shows black screen. If I try to start Task Manager (with Ctrl+Shift+Esc) - it will of course ask for admin credentials and if I start "explorer.exe" from Task manager - explorer will be executed under admin user profile and a lot of interesting side affects will be happening (like screen saver with password - of course I do have it for Admin account!) and write access to my media library (which XBMC user does not have).
3) Power submenu in desktop context menu stays empty after the install. So I had to uninstall it and use your Add-Cascading-Power-Menu-in-Desktop-Context-Menu.zip which works like a charm.
4) "Win" button is not recognized by windows under XBMC user. Not sure if this is related to XBMC launcher, but I don't have any other software that installs any keyboard shortcuts. So, under XBMC user I cannot access Start screen at all unless I start explorer under Admin.

Any advice on how to solve these problems?

1. The application needs administrator privilege to run correctly. Since you are using a standard account, it may not function. Creating a shortcut of these buttons and enabling the 'run as admin' option in properties may help.

2, 3. This again is due to non administrator account.

4. Try after closing xbmclauncher and see if Win key functions normally.

(2013-03-09, 19:57)DrFox Wrote: [ -> ]Some minor improvement suggestions:
1) Make XMBC tray app menu cascading - it has so many (very useful) options that they don't fit on the display in 720p mode and some NVidia video cards have an overscan problem with some displays which makes it impossible to see top and bottom scrolling arrows of that tall menu.
2) Add a keyboard shortcut to launch explorer if it is not started yet. For instance, standard Win+E which launches File Explorer if "explorer.exe" is already running.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Very good suggestions. I will add these features in next version. Thanks.

(2013-03-10, 06:31)baijuxavior Wrote: [ -> ]1. The application needs administrator privilege to run correctly. Since you are using a standard account, it may not function.

This looks a bit strange to me since this application is not doing anything that actually needs admin permissions. Any interactive user can shutdown/restart/put into sleep the PC and as I mentioned even your cascading power menu from your web site works just fine under standard user. So, most likely the problem is in the way Sleep/Restart/Shutdown EXEs are compiled or how they call Win API.

(2013-03-10, 06:31)baijuxavior Wrote: [ -> ]Creating a shortcut of these buttons and enabling the 'run as admin' option in properties may help.

Actually this won't work. I tried it right after I figured out that admin permissions are needed for those Start screen shortcuts. If you say "run as admin" on any of the shortcuts or set it in their properties - even with disabled UAC you will be prompted to enter Admin account name/password since XBMC user is a standard user.

I just started using XBMC launcher in windows 8 on my htpc. Is there any way for XBMC launcher to skip the windows 8 metro screen when you first boot up? Or do I need to use some other program like "start8" to go straight to the desktop on boot?

I don't want to use shell mode because I do switch to other programs in windows 8 occasionally
I also don't necessarily want to completely disable the metro UI at this point, though I'm considering it and would probably do that if it was the only option

(2013-03-14, 18:03)ivanalbright Wrote: [ -> ]I just started using XBMC launcher in windows 8 on my htpc. Is there any way for XBMC launcher to skip the windows 8 metro screen when you first boot up? Or do I need to use some other program like "start8" to go straight to the desktop on boot?

I don't want to use shell mode because I do switch to other programs in windows 8 occasionally
I also don't necessarily want to completely disable the metro UI at this point, though I'm considering it and would probably do that if it was the only option

Metro UI cannot be completely skipped. You can try to send the 'Win' button or 'Ctrl+Esc' to toggle the metro ui and desktop. But this works only if desktop is activated atleast once.

You can disable metro ui by following http://atechguide.com/disable-metro-ui-windows-8/

Hello, i'm a bit late.
All ended up working good. but due to library problems i had to reinstall XBMC
now i don't have the custom shutdown meny anymore, and can't find how to get it back.
+ libcec with the cecusb adaptor doesn't work any more. nobody knows what to do with that?

grt,
Shino

(2013-03-15, 08:37)ShinobiX9X Wrote: [ -> ]Hello, i'm a bit late.
All ended up working good. but due to library problems i had to reinstall XBMC
now i don't have the custom shutdown meny anymore, and can't find how to get it back.
+ libcec with the cecusb adaptor doesn't work any more. nobody knows what to do with that?

grt,
Shino

To get the custom shutdown menu, reinstall xbmclauncher.

Uploaded new version 3.5 with cascading menu to reduce clutter.

Just wanted to say a big thanks for all your work on this