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<blockquote data-quote="fredrogers" data-source="post: 101990" data-attributes="member: 27912">I am not sure where to post this but I found a novel fix to my problems.I am using a MCE remote with my MediaPortal setup.It works great! The only problem I ran in to was how to end programs with it. I thought about using a replacement plug-in for the remote drivers but honestly I was intimated. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> So how can I end a program, I.E. Project64 with out having a keyboard hooked to my MediaPortal box. The solution I found is a free open source program called <a href="http://www.autohotkey.com/" target="_blank">autohotkey</a>. Using this program I was able to map an unused button on my game pad to close a program. The program was very easy to install and configure. I edited the script for auto hotkey to hit alt+f4 when ever I hit button 11 on my game pad.This has worked out very well for me. It works great for: snes9x, gens, project64, outrun 2006. It did not work for: zsnes, ePSXe. I am still working on a good way to close ePSXe but for now I open a telnet session on my MediaPortal and just kill the process. Not pretty but it works.If any one else has found a good way to close emulation programs or other programs launched from My Programs plug in I would love to hear it. If you have any questions on my auto hot key setup please let me know and I can post my script.Hope the helps someone out there with the same problems I have run in to.-=fred=-</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fredrogers, post: 101990, member: 27912"] I am not sure where to post this but I found a novel fix to my problems. I am using a MCE remote with my MediaPortal setup. It works great! The only problem I ran in to was how to end programs with it. I thought about using a replacement plug-in for the remote drivers but honestly I was intimated. :wtf: So how can I end a program, I.E. Project64 with out having a keyboard hooked to my MediaPortal box. The solution I found is a free open source program called [URL="http://www.autohotkey.com/"]autohotkey[/URL]. Using this program I was able to map an unused button on my game pad to close a program. The program was very easy to install and configure. I edited the script for auto hotkey to hit alt+f4 when ever I hit button 11 on my game pad. This has worked out very well for me. It works great for: snes9x, gens, project64, outrun 2006. It did not work for: zsnes, ePSXe. I am still working on a good way to close ePSXe but for now I open a telnet session on my MediaPortal and just kill the process. Not pretty but it works. If any one else has found a good way to close emulation programs or other programs launched from My Programs plug in I would love to hear it. If you have any questions on my auto hot key setup please let me know and I can post my script. Hope the helps someone out there with the same problems I have run in to. -=fred=- [/QUOTE]

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