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Launch/close a program along with Launchbox?


topper2k

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Hi all! I'm using Launchbox to manage some MAME and SEGA Sys 3 games and am loving it.

I've seen tutorials on how to run/close a program at game launch. But I need to launch/close a program when Launchbox opens/closes. Is there a way to do that?

If not in the free version, is it possible with BigBox?

 

Thanks!

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13 hours ago, topper2k said:

I need to launch/close a program when Launchbox opens/closes.

The only way to do that (both Free and Premium versions) is to start LaunchBox/BigBox using a batch file (or other similar script type language).  Something like:

start "" "F:\MyProgram Folder\MyProgram.exe"

start /w "" "D:\LaunchBox\LaunchBox.exe"

taskkill /F /IM MyProgram.exe

The line beginning with "start /w" will start LaunchBox (or you can change it to BigBox.exe) and WAIT ("/w") for it to exit before executing the next command.  In this case, exit the program you started on the 1st line.

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