[Cthugha]

Try by setting the start delay to 1 second.

So a value of 0 doesn't mean instant? Any way to make it faster/instant?

I also noticed the mouse pointer being visible inside XBMC when launched this way (didn't get that before I installed XBMC Launcher). Can that be fixed?

Delay of 0 seconds should also work.

is this an program to keep away the dreaded 'mouse arrow' that pops up at random times? and i basically have to minimize xbmc. click somewhere else. and then reopen xbmc to rid of the arrow?

I'm not sure about mouse arrow popping up randomly. This app will keep the application in focus so you don't have to click somewhere else to bring the application to get focus.

The default is 0 start delay, but it still takes ~5 sec before it launches XBMC (and no, it's XBMC itself that takes 5 sec to start). Any ideas? Have you tested it in Windows 8?

Probably same mouse pointer issue as me. XBMC got focus but the pointer is still there (and very annoying).