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No worries, well done for finding it ? You might be interested in the AutoHotKey code below. It should be called from WMC and it'll handle ensuring that you return to WMC after you've finished with BigBox. In addition, it'll automatically close BigBox when it spots that WMC is now back in the foreground. Save it as (say) "launch_bigbox.ahk", compile it to "launch_bigbox.exe" and put that somewhere which can be launched without invoking UAC. Make sure that your "run=" line within "Bigbox.xml" points to this executable. Finally, bear in mind that I have Launchbox installed in "D:\Games\Launchbox" and you probably won't. #Persistent ; Check if Big Box is running, if not then launch it IfWinNotExist, LaunchBox Big Box { Run D:\Games\LaunchBox\BigBox.exe, , ,bbPID Sleep 2000 ; Kill WMC to free up resources Process,Close,ehshell.exe Sleep 13000 } else ; Else activate it and bring it to the foreground { WinActivate WinRestore WinMaximize } ; Set a timer to check every 2 seconds on the state of play SetTimer, CheckProgram, 2000 return CheckProgram: ; If Big Box isn't running any more, start WMC IfWinNotExist, LaunchBox Big Box { Restart_WMC() ExitApp } ; If WMC is now active, close Big Box WinGetActiveTitle, NowActive If (NowActive = "Windows Media Center") { Process,Close,%bbPID% Restart_WMC() ExitApp } return Restart_WMC() { ; If WMC is already running, maximize it IfWinExist, ahk_class eHome Render Window { WinActivate WinMaximize } else ; Restart it { Run, C:\Windows\ehome\ehshell.exe /nostartupanimation,,Max Sleep 2000 WinActivate WinMaximize } ExitApp } Shout if you get stuck.

I'll be honest, I'm not really a fan of using the UUID tool to manage my Amiga games with FS-UAE. What I'd really like is a wrapper exe which LaunchBox/Big Box launches just like any other emulator. I'd assume that it would connect to the FS-UAE database, extract the UUID and then launch FS-UAE correctly. That way you could just import Amiga/CD32 games in the same way you would every other ROM. Does such a thing exist? Is there any interest if I wrote such a thing?

We're a small (and getting smaller) dedicated bunch To be honest, what is does works pretty well. Every time I flirt with something different (Kodi, MediaPortal and Emby) some feature we rely on either don't work very well, have a horrific UI or are just plain broken - which means it fails the WAF test. She always complains that the alternatives look like they were "designed by 16 year olds, for 16 year olds"

I've managed to get Big Box integrated into Windows Media Center 7 (WMC) so that you can launch it from the WMC main menu with the remote control. If Big Box closes then WMC becomes active again. and if WMC ends up in the foreground (for example, when you press the Windows button on the remote) then Big Box will be automatically closed. If anyone is interested in instructions on how to do this please let me know and I'll post them up somewhere.