Launch PC Games from MyPrograms? (1 Viewer)

[pkkid]

This seems rather basic. Is there a way to launch any application from MyPrograms. It seems to launch an application you need both the program and a file. I tried leaving the filepath blank, but it is not working for me.

 

[Bram]

I don't exactly understand how you try to lounce a game. But for me it worked for all games. No exeptions.

 

[pkkid]

Sorry, reading back.. I was totally unclear in my first post.

What I am trying to do is use MyPrograms to launch "Need For Speed" which is not an emulator game. I just want to setup a few normal computer games. Basically just say 'call this exe with NO files needed from the files tab'.

 

[Bram]

Just simply call the exe of NFS. Thats all.

 

[pkkid]

Sorry, down at the VERY bottom of the wiki page had the instructions to do this. So Im all set, thanks for helping!

WIKI: http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/MediaPortal_Setup_Plugins_MyPrograms

Example 2: PC-Applications

There are several possibilities to launch PC-Applications. One easy way works like this:

In myPrograms configuration, create an application item with the parameters listed below and save this item.

Select the freshly created item in the application list and click the FILES-Button on the lower right. An editor window will appear where you can enter all the items you wish to launch. The filename of each item can either be an executable (with arguments) or simply an existing filename with an associated application treating its file extension. [Note: if you use the browse function to find an filename, you will need to add quotes around any paths which contain spaces for them to launch correctly.]

* Title: PC-Applications
* Launching Application: <none> (!)
* Arguments: <none>
* Window-Style: Normal
* Startup Directory: <none>
* Quotes around Filenames: YES
* Startup using ?ShellExecute: YES
* Source-Type: Filelauncher