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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zicoz" data-source="post: 645816" data-attributes="member: 24585">Do you only use your computer as a HTPC ifreaky? If so I'd recomend that you try what I've been told to do in this thread, have a batch file launch instead of explorer.exe when you boot Windows. Then you can use the batchfile to launch newcs.exe and Mediaportal.  Then you won't get the taskbar at all since it boots straight into Mediaportal. When I boot my computer the MP splashscreen covers anything else.Wrote up a guide on my current setup:Guide to booting Windows directly into MediaportalFirst we need to create 2 registry edits: The first is to have a quick way to revert back to launching the Windows-shell instead.Start -> RegeditGo to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Press File -> Export and save it as Windows.reg in c:\batchThen we want to create the .reg-file that will launch MediaportalStart -> RegeditGo to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Press File -> Export and save it as Windows.regDoubliclick on "Shell" in the window on the right side and replace explorer.exe with c:\batch\mediaportal.batPress File -> Export and save it as Mediaportal.reg in c:\batchThe reason for pointing it to a .bat-file instead of c:\program files\team mediaportal\mediaportal\mediaportal.exe is that some people might need to launch other programs aswell, one such program might me imon.exe which will not launch if you point it directly to mediaportal.exe rendering your remote useless.Now right-click your .reg files and choose "edit"Now remove everything but the following lines.For windows.reg:[CODE]Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]"Shell"="explorer.exe"[/CODE]For Mediaportal.reg:[CODE]Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]"Shell"="c:\batch\mediaportal.bat"[/CODE]Now we are going to create the batch-files we need.First the one to launch Windows this batchfile can be added to Mediaportal using the Multishortcut-plugin and when you press it it pops up a messafe saying "Rebooting into Windows shell" before it reboots into the Windows shell.Open Notepad and enter the following:[CODE]regedit /s c:\batch\explorer.regshutdown -r -c "Rebooting into Windows shell"exit[/CODE]Save it as c:\batch\Windows.batNow to the batchfile that will change the registry so that we boot directly into Mediaportal.Open Notepad and enter the following[CODE]regedit /s c:\batch\mediaportal.regshutdown -r -c "Rebooting into Mediaportal"exit[/CODE]Save it as c:\batch\MediaportalUI.batAnd last we need to create the bootscript, this is the script that launched Mediaportal and any other programs we might want to launch.Open Notepad and enter the following:[CODE]start /d "C:\program files\team mediaportal\mediaportal" mediaportal.exe[/CODE]Save it as c:\batch\mediaportal.batIf you need to launch Imon aswell simply add this line to the script[CODE]start /d "C:\program files\soundgraph\imon" imon.exe[/CODE]If you need to launch any other programs simply add them to the script aswell.Now you can create some shortcuts to your Mediaportal-UI.bat and your Windows.bat files on your desktop this is not something you have to do, but it makes it quicker/easier to run the scripts.If you run the mediaportalUI.bat you will boot reboot directly into Mediaportal after a few seconds.To boot back into the normal Windows UI all you need to do is to press ctrl+alt+delete and select "Start Task Manager" then choose "New Task" and run windows.bat.As mentioned earlier I have added it as a Multishortcut in my Mediaportal so that I can run it without opening task manager.Thanks to <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/members/12382.html" target="_blank">mbuzina</a> for the registry hack.</blockquote>

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