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RE: HOW-TO make XBMC for Windows boot as a Shell in Full Screen (the easy way) - zerocool_ie - 2012-08-06
(2012-06-24, 19:57)wally101 Wrote: The guide worked a treat.
The only thing is:
1) I want XBMC to load to fullscreen when the cpu starts (which it does thanks to the guide)
2) I still want to be able to press \ and put XBMC into window mode so I can use my cpu as normal, which when I do now is just a black screen with nothing on it
So I want it it to boot straight into the XBMC shell but also have the explorer shell startup but remain hidden until I shrink XBMC
Is there anything that can do this?
If you want to have full Windows functionality available, this would be the way I'd do it:
- drop a shortcut to XBMC into your startup group
- set the windows taskbar to auto-hide
- set the desktop background to black
- hide your desktop icons
This would make it look like XBMC is the shell, but still give you the "\" option you were looking for
RE: HOW-TO make XBMC for Windows boot as a Shell in Full Screen (the easy way) - Skank - 2012-08-19
Used this shell way too, worked perfectly, but have to install aeon skin (which isnt available inside xbmc...)
So i have to download it manually but i cant access windows anymore
I get a black screen also
RE: HOW-TO make XBMC for Windows boot as a Shell in Full Screen (the easy way) - baijuxavior - 2012-08-20
Try my XBMCLauncher.
RE: HOW-TO make XBMC for Windows boot as a Shell in Full Screen (the easy way) - Skank - 2012-08-20
(2012-08-20, 08:29)baijuxavior Wrote: Try my XBMCLauncher.
i did, and i even replied in your topic
RE: HOW-TO make XBMC for Windows boot as a Shell in Full Screen (the easy way) - SidoEM2 - 2014-01-15
I used 1. EventGhost Method found on the wiki page. Everything works fine except the EventGhost windows pops up for about 2 seconds before XBMC launches. Is there a way to hide/minimize the EventGhost window while it is being used as the shell?
RE: HOW-TO make XBMC for Windows boot as a Shell in Full Screen (the easy way) - SidoEM2 - 2014-01-15
Nvm, it doesn't show up anymore. But now when I use New Task.. in the Task Manager to get back to windows using explorer.exe it only opens the My Computer folder, did I mess something up here
RE: HOW-TO make XBMC for Windows boot as a Shell in Full Screen (the easy way) - testmetest - 2014-04-09
I installed SilentLaunch and did the InstantSheller. Windows 8 will boot into the XBMC shell. However, there is a command screen that opens prior to XBMC loading. Any ideas how to hide the command screen? (It's a blank window that is titled SilentLaunch.exe)
Thanks for you help!
RE: HOW-TO make XBMC for Windows boot as a Shell in Full Screen (the easy way) - testmetest - 2015-10-23
Any ideas? I still have the empty command window that appears for a few seconds before XBMC loading. If anyone has suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it!
RE: HOW-TO make XBMC for Windows boot as a Shell in Full Screen (the easy way) - Concestly - 2015-12-05
Thanks for this; depending on demand, this has potential for a sticky when finished
