well this one would be interesting for all the owners of a real HTCP, thus those where MP should be the only meaning of usement...
... and if MP is the only use? why not start up with ONLY mp?? (-;
in windows the default shell_application is the explorer. you can change that in the registry so that MP is the shell-application. the result is, that when your pc is started up there will be no taskbar, no desktop (at least no icons or something else on it) and no additional programms starting up except MP. i testet it and it works fine for me. it also allows MP to have the exclusive rights to use the CPU ressources wich means a massive perfomance improvement (at least for me).
if you need addtional software to be started there are several options for that, eg starting it as service, at it to the myprogramms plugin, or (not tested) set a batchfile as service which starts as well MP as also the additional software / services needed.
Furthermore the taskmanager is still available (via CTRL-ALT-DEL in my case) where you'll still be able to execute everything via "run".
It worked really good for me so far (can't use it though because i lack a HTCP since im only using my laptop as this)
alright here we go:
go to the registry (via start-->run-->regedit and change the values of "Shell=" in:
from "explorer.exe" to "Drive:/MPdirectory/mediaportal.exe"
On the next reboot MP will appear like it would be a standalone OS (exspecially together with the MP_bootlogo)
I really hope this one is useful for some of you, so post what you think.
ps: if you want to revert the change simply open regedit again (taskmanager!) and change back the values to explorer.exe
... and if MP is the only use? why not start up with ONLY mp?? (-;
in windows the default shell_application is the explorer. you can change that in the registry so that MP is the shell-application. the result is, that when your pc is started up there will be no taskbar, no desktop (at least no icons or something else on it) and no additional programms starting up except MP. i testet it and it works fine for me. it also allows MP to have the exclusive rights to use the CPU ressources wich means a massive perfomance improvement (at least for me).
if you need addtional software to be started there are several options for that, eg starting it as service, at it to the myprogramms plugin, or (not tested) set a batchfile as service which starts as well MP as also the additional software / services needed.
Furthermore the taskmanager is still available (via CTRL-ALT-DEL in my case) where you'll still be able to execute everything via "run".
It worked really good for me so far (can't use it though because i lack a HTCP since im only using my laptop as this)
alright here we go:
go to the registry (via start-->run-->regedit and change the values of "Shell=" in:
andHkey_Local_Machine/Software/Microsoft/windows nt/winlogon/
Hkey_Current_User/Software/Microsoft/windows nt/winlogon/
from "explorer.exe" to "Drive:/MPdirectory/mediaportal.exe"
On the next reboot MP will appear like it would be a standalone OS (exspecially together with the MP_bootlogo)
I really hope this one is useful for some of you, so post what you think.
ps: if you want to revert the change simply open regedit again (taskmanager!) and change back the values to explorer.exe