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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1288105" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>[USER=79284]@wjw[/USER] : I would have expected the above to work, but getting the double-quotes correct can be a bit of a challenge (so don't give up straight away). However, for an alternative...</p><p></p><p>My home network went through a phase where the HTPC would not recognise the network, and so MP could not see any of the media on other devices in the network. I solved this by invoking my "restart_network.bat" from the left side menu on MP's "Home" panel. This requires modifying the xml file for the "Home" panel. I added this definition to the left side menu:</p><p></p><p>[code]<control></p><p> <description>External application</description></p><p> <type>button</type></p><p> <id>19</id></p><p> <application>C:\Users\Iceman\Desktop\Restart Network.lnk</application></p><p> <arguments></arguments></p><p> <label>Restart network</label></p><p> <onup>18</onup></p><p> <ondown>16</ondown></p><p> <onleft>130</onleft></p><p> <onright>130</onright></p><p></control>[/code]</p><p></p><p>This actually invokes a shortcut on the desktop, but the shortcut invokes the BAT file. The advantage of invoking a shortcut is that you can specify that it is to run minimised or maximised or in a normal window. Invoking the BAT file directly ought to work (but I have not tried it). The ids in the xml above are specific to my "Home" panel -- you should change them to whatever is appropriate for your skin. This is what the result looks like:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]209844[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1288105, member: 141969"] [USER=79284]@wjw[/USER] : I would have expected the above to work, but getting the double-quotes correct can be a bit of a challenge (so don't give up straight away). However, for an alternative... My home network went through a phase where the HTPC would not recognise the network, and so MP could not see any of the media on other devices in the network. I solved this by invoking my "restart_network.bat" from the left side menu on MP's "Home" panel. This requires modifying the xml file for the "Home" panel. I added this definition to the left side menu: [code]<control> <description>External application</description> <type>button</type> <id>19</id> <application>C:\Users\Iceman\Desktop\Restart Network.lnk</application> <arguments></arguments> <label>Restart network</label> <onup>18</onup> <ondown>16</ondown> <onleft>130</onleft> <onright>130</onright> </control>[/code] This actually invokes a shortcut on the desktop, but the shortcut invokes the BAT file. The advantage of invoking a shortcut is that you can specify that it is to run minimised or maximised or in a normal window. Invoking the BAT file directly ought to work (but I have not tried it). The ids in the xml above are specific to my "Home" panel -- you should change them to whatever is appropriate for your skin. This is what the result looks like: [ATTACH]209844[/ATTACH] -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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