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post #41 of 56
9/4/05 at 4:07pm
I just did this for iTunes and it works GREAT!! Fantastic work man, really appreciate it.
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post #42 of 56
9/14/05 at 1:20pm
changing the name of the .exe isn't really an option for everyone, is there no other way?
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post #43 of 56
1/2/06 at 4:00pm
I tried using this to launch winamp and it tells me that dell media experience is not working. I renamed winamp.exe to dmx.exe and edited the reg file. any ideas? Im using xp pro btw.
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post #44 of 56
1/2/06 at 4:05pm
XP Pro here as well--works fine for me. How about posting your reg entry here?
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post #45 of 56
1/2/06 at 5:51pm
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Originally Posted by odious_m
XP Pro here as well--works fine for me. How about posting your reg entry here?
I will do that, Im at work now so I can't. I did notice that the reg file looks like this when you download it:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\DMX.exe]
@="C:\Program Files\winamp\\dmx.exe"
"Path"="C:\Program Files\winamp\\"

I saw others that had "\\" instead of 1 single "\". would that make a difference?
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post #46 of 56
1/2/06 at 5:56pm
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Originally Posted by Santelope
I don't know if this was pointed out in another thread but....

You can easily set any of the four cornors of the laptops mouse pad to run ANY program you want, you can also set to be a shortcut to folder etc. This can all be acessed in mouse options....

Btw my play button NEVER launched Dell media experience.
how do you do that?

when i go into the mouse setup it only shows the corded mouse that i installed?
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post #47 of 56
1/3/06 at 5:17am
You probably need to install the ALPS touchpad driver. Do you see it in the device mgr?
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post #48 of 56
1/3/06 at 5:20am
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Originally Posted by lostreign
I saw others that had "\\" instead of 1 single "\". would that make a difference?
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Originally Posted by ozzlo
it should look like this.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\DMX.exe]
@="C:\\Program Files\\foobar2000\\DMX.exe"
"Path"="C:\\Program Files\\foobar2000\\"
...
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post #49 of 56
1/14/06 at 11:56am
Does this work for the i6k? installed media direct but cant make the play button launch anything..... And i cant seem to dl dell media experience itself.
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post #50 of 56
1/14/06 at 2:16pm
REGEDIT5

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\DMX.exe]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Winamp\\DMX.exe"
"Path"="C:\\Program Files\\Winamp\\"

was sucessfully imported to registry.
renamed winamp.exe to DMX. But it ain't launching. anyone know, what's up?
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post #51 of 56
1/14/06 at 4:21pm
You reg file looks okay to me. You said that you "renamed winamp.exe to DMX." You did rename it "DMX.EXE" though.... right? And you are running Dell quickset?

The only other thing I can think of is to check your registry for your edit to make sure it is there.
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post #52 of 56
1/14/06 at 9:00pm
no i didn't, odious. i just renamed it to DMX.

I did change it eventually but it's still not working...i have quickSet installed.

And in my registry, a folder called 'DMX' is there so i'm guessing that's fine...

BLAH.


EDIT: never mind; the folder is 'DFX'.
lol. no 'DMX' in CurrentVersion>App PAths.
Don't get it....
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post #53 of 56
1/14/06 at 9:33pm
Renamed my Winamp file to 'DMX' (w/o.exe)

Renamed the first line of reg file :


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\DMX.exe]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Winamp\\DMX.exe"
"Path"="C:\\Program Files\\Winamp\\"

It works! But jesus. I obsess way too easily. :/
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post #54 of 56
1/14/06 at 10:01pm
Cool! Glad that you got it working.
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post #55 of 56
1/15/06 at 12:28am
I used this trick for the NVIDIA Pure Video Decoder nStant Media software - it's awsome - kinda like a MCE gui - great post!
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post #56 of 56
5/7/06 at 2:34pm
I have an Inspiron 9200, followed the instructions, nothing happens when I hit the play button. It never did anything anyway before I followed the instructions.
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