Author: William Penn
Date: 10:54:00 02/17/06
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On February 17, 2006 at 13:46:15, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>On February 17, 2006 at 12:24:17, William Penn wrote:
>
>>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
>
>
> I forgot to mention that the quotes (") should of
> course be deleted. It works at me with
> C:\Programme\ChessBase\ChessProgram8\ChessProgram8.exe -engine
> Best regards
> Kurt
That might work but I can't try it. Windows won't accept that format with
spaces. Where you have installed it in a "Programme" folder, mine is installed
in a "Program Files" folder. The space kills that possibility for me.
WP
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