Author: William Penn
Date: 09:24:17 02/17/06
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On February 17, 2006 at 12:15:56, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >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 That won't work. It returns this error message: The name 'C:\Program Files\ChessBase\ChessProgram8\ChessProgram8.exe -engine' specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct. WP
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