Running command line scripts as external applications

[magenois]

Hello

I have created a few command line scripts to manage my cabinet (update roms from a network share, update mame, etc).

I am trying to add them to the external applications menu but it doesnt work. when lauching a script (from the "More program" menu) I see the desktop appear but the script doesnt execute.

I have enabled "show desktop" to yes in gamex configuration.

my scripts are in "C:\scripts" so this is what I set in the path of the external application. For the application I tried a few things. The first thing I tried is just the script name ie: "mameupdate.cmd" and I also tried to launch the command line with the script as a parameters ie: "c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /C mameupdate.cmd".

both didnt work.

I can run the scripts manually with both method.

is there anything I am missing in my gameex config?

thanks all

[fRequEnCy]

Hello

I have created a few command line scripts to manage my cabinet (update roms from a network share, update mame, etc).

I am trying to add them to the external applications menu but it doesnt work. when lauching a script (from the "More program" menu) I see the desktop appear but the script doesnt execute.

I have enabled "show desktop" to yes in gamex configuration.

my scripts are in "C:\scripts" so this is what I set in the path of the external application. For the application I tried a few things. The first thing I tried is just the script name ie: "mameupdate.cmd" and I also tried to launch the command line with the script as a parameters ie: "c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /C mameupdate.cmd".

both didnt work.

I can run the scripts manually with both method.

is there anything I am missing in my gameex config?

thanks all

According to GameEx it looks like the acceptable extensions are *.exe and *.bat. So maybe it's not being executed because you use *.cmd as your extension. I could be wrong however. But worth a try. Rename your scripts to have one of those extensions and try again.

[magenois]

According to GameEx it looks like the acceptable extensions are *.exe and *.bat. So maybe it's not being executed because you use *.cmd as your extension. I could be wrong however. But worth a try. Rename your scripts to have one of those extensions and try again.

I did some more troubleshooting last night.

Gameex will start .cmd scripts.

However, the command line window will not show up. On my PC with dual monitor, I put a process monitor on the second window and I can see that GameEx is spawing the process but it doesnt show up on the desktop nor in the task manager applications list.

is there a way to have the window showing so I can see what the script is doing? (again, showdesktop is set to yes)

[magenois]

Ok, I got it to work.

Have to use the "start" command to have the command line window to show up.

so the process is:

set "show desktop" to yes

set the path to: C:\windows\system32

set the command to: start cmd.exe /C "C:\scripts\my script.cmd"

cheers!