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1. XBMCLauncher sends a 'bring to front' message to the xbmc window at a regular interval. Putting time delay as 1 second may help, but even then you will see the explorer window for a fraction of seconds.

Thanks, I thought that would be the case.

2. Option to disable xbmc focus is provided. Add chrome as an app, and check the option 'prevent focus'. Uncheck start with 'xbmclauncher' to avoid chrome starting automatically.

I had a look at this and found that if I uncheck start with XBMC Launcher then explorer will not launch, of course. I decided to grab the source code and make my own tweaks so that it will do it the way I want. I have added a second application group, it has the same options as the first group but each group's options remain independent from each other. It means that I can put explorer.exe into group one and have that not prevent XBMC focus and I can put chrome or spotify in group two and have those prevent focus. Here's a screen shot of the additions I've made. keeping all options from the original applications part in the second part keeps things flexible.

Any way to make it go back to Windows 8 home screen instead of desktop when exiting XBMC ?

Thanks

I have implemented this in my modification. It will send a windows key press each time you exit XBMC provided you have explorer running already.

Out of respect to the developer I will not provide a full installer for my version, if you want it please compile it yourself from the source I will provide.

@ baijuxavior - Here is a link to my new XBMCLauncher.ahk. Please feel free to merge in anything you like to your next release. Code Link Here