[baijuxavior]

I'd like to be able to run the 3rd party apps and/or scripts that you can specify in the settings with each start of XMBC. However, it seems this can only be done at each start of XMBC_Launcher.

The third party apps are started only when xbmclauncher is starting. If you want to start the apps with xbmc, you need to edit the script.

I've also noticed that XBMC.exe doesn't start when XBMC_Launcher starts. Is that by default? I've simply added XBMC.exe as one of the startup apps with XBMC_Launcher.

There is no need to add xbmc to the autostart list. Use the dedicated menu 'Set XBMC Path'. The application can automatically guess xbmc location in your programs folder, but if you have installed xbmc in some other folder then use this menu to select the xbmc path. XBMC should start automatically whenever the launcher starts. For this enable the option 'Start XBMC when Windows starts'. If you want xbmc to start when resuming from sleep then enable 'Start XBMC when Windows resumes from sleep'.

Is there a way to stop/quit XBMC_Launcher from XBMC's shutdown dialog, so that the next time I wish to run XBMC, I simply start XBMC_Launcher instead (along with specified apps). (Simply attempting to execute XBMC_Launcher while its already running in the system tray doesn't re-excecute XBMC and the other apps.)

XBMCLauncher is designed to run in the background to monitor xbmc and to launch it using the mce green button and also to start xbmc when resuming from sleep. But if you want to exit xbmclauncher when xbmc exits, edit the xbmclauncher.ahk script file and add a command 'ExitApp'. For this add a new function ExitXBMCLauncher() under the line 'MonitorEvents:' and define the function as

Code:

ExitXBMCLauncher()
{    
    Process, Exist, xbmc.exe ; check to see if xbmc.exe is running
            If (ErrorLevel = 0) ;if not running
            ExitApp ; close app.
}