Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 11:25:59 02/17/06
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On February 17, 2006 at 13:54:00, William Penn wrote:
>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
As you can see I have installed it in
C:\Programme\ChessBase\ChessProgram8\ChessProgram8.exe
a path without any spaces. This might be important.
Best regards
Kurt
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