This is a very handy hidden feature but i was wondering is there a hotkey to do this or a automatic scheduler to save my desktop layout?
XMBC Ver 2.20.5
Scheduled Save Desktop Icon Layout
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MachineThatGoesP1ng
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Re: Scheduled Save Desktop Icon Layout
Hi, sorry for the delay in replying, Ive been struggling rebuilding my laptop for a few days after it decided to corrupt itself after a windows (insider) update!
Yes, you have both options built right in...
In the global hotkeys (other) tab you can assign a hotkey (hotkeys only work when the setup screen is NOT open)
And you can launch XMBC with command line arguments (/? for a list) /saveicons (or /restoreicons to reload them) so you can setup a scheduled task to do this too if you wish!
Regards,
Phil
Yes, you have both options built right in...
In the global hotkeys (other) tab you can assign a hotkey (hotkeys only work when the setup screen is NOT open)
And you can launch XMBC with command line arguments (/? for a list) /saveicons (or /restoreicons to reload them) so you can setup a scheduled task to do this too if you wish!
Regards,
Phil
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nVidia RTX 2070s (still lol)
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MachineThatGoesP1ng
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Re: Scheduled Save Desktop Icon Layout
phil wrote: Thu Jun 06, 2024 12:06 am Hi, sorry for the delay in replying, Ive been struggling rebuilding my laptop for a few days after it decided to corrupt itself after a windows (insider) update!
Yes, you have both options built right in...
In the global hotkeys (other) tab you can assign a hotkey (hotkeys only work when the setup screen is NOT open)
And you can launch XMBC with command line arguments (/? for a list) /saveicons (or /restoreicons to reload them) so you can setup a scheduled task to do this too if you wish!
Regards,
Phil
Thank you.
Is there a place where the saved layouts are stored?
Also, are there multiple layouts stored? I'd like to go through them like a history if necessary.
Re: Scheduled Save Desktop Icon Layout
The positions are stored in the XCMBCSettings file if that's what you mean.
So yeh its the XML file that all XMBC settings are stored in (ctrl+left click the XMBC icon to take you to that folder).
No automatic schedule. But you can just setup a windows scheduled task to do it, as there are command line options, and one of the saves the desktop icons.
Multiple layouts, I honestly cant 100% remember. I seem to recall doing something (or was it that I was thinking about doing something) on that in regard to desktop resolutions (*but never quite getting it spot on if I recall). I borrowed (with permission) the code from Iconoid (which I ported to 64bit WIndows back in the day). Its quit simplistic but in reality, its been so long since I looked at that coded, I cant remember (and I don't really have the time to go looking right now). To be fair, XMBC is not *really* the place to do it, it was just convenient for myself to put it in there
So yeh its the XML file that all XMBC settings are stored in (ctrl+left click the XMBC icon to take you to that folder).
No automatic schedule. But you can just setup a windows scheduled task to do it, as there are command line options, and one of the saves the desktop icons.
Multiple layouts, I honestly cant 100% remember. I seem to recall doing something (or was it that I was thinking about doing something) on that in regard to desktop resolutions (*but never quite getting it spot on if I recall). I borrowed (with permission) the code from Iconoid (which I ported to 64bit WIndows back in the day). Its quit simplistic but in reality, its been so long since I looked at that coded, I cant remember (and I don't really have the time to go looking right now). To be fair, XMBC is not *really* the place to do it, it was just convenient for myself to put it in there
--[ Phil ]--
--[ Administrator & XMBC Author ]--
Logitech G9/G604/M720/MX518, Microsoft Intellimouse, Trust 16341 BT Mouse
Windows 11 x64 24H2, AMD Ryzen 9950x3D, MSI x870E Tomahawk, 64GB DDR%,
nVidia RTX 2070s (still lol)
--[ Administrator & XMBC Author ]--
Logitech G9/G604/M720/MX518, Microsoft Intellimouse, Trust 16341 BT Mouse
Windows 11 x64 24H2, AMD Ryzen 9950x3D, MSI x870E Tomahawk, 64GB DDR%,
nVidia RTX 2070s (still lol)