Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 09:15:56 02/17/06
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On February 17, 2006 at 12:06:01, William Penn wrote:
>How can I open Fritz GUI as an active window?
>---------------------------------------------
>
>The target line in my windows shortcut's properties reads as follows:
>
>"C:\Program Files\ChessBase\ChessProgram8\ChessProgram8.exe" -engine
>
>The -engine switch at the end makes the Fritz GUI open automatically in the
>"Play Shredder" GUI module, bypassing the "Playchess.com" option. That's what I
>want. I never use playchess.com.
>
>However a side effect of using the -engine switch is that it opens the GUI as an
>inactive window. None of the GUI commands will work until I click inside the
>window with the mouse, which makes it active (brings it into the foreground).
>That may not seem very important, but it has become an annoyance after
>performing hundreds of extra mouse clicks!?
>
>Is there any way to make this GUI open as an active window, while automatically
>bypassing the unwanted Playchess.com option? For example there might be a switch
>to add to the shortcut target command that will do this trick, but I've googled
>and can't find it (if it exists).
>
>Thanks a bunch. :)
>WP
>
>P.S. Is this off topic? I never know anymore.
Try the following:
"C:\Program Files\ChessBase\ChessProgram8\ChessProgram8.exe -engine"
Best regards
Kurt
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