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Re: Problems creaating Desktip Shortcuts
Old 12-01-2009, 10:48 PM   #4 (permalink)
 
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Default Re: Problems creaating Desktip Shortcuts

DaveS,

I was able to manually create a shortcut to automatically load a profile on Windows 7. I was having problems with it, but have just figured it out.

1) Create a Shortcut to TouchBuddy.exe on your desktop (or wherever you want).
2) Right-Click the Shortcut and select Properties.
3) Add the profile path and other parameters to the end of the Target line.
4) Make sure the 'Start in:' textbox has the path to the location of the TouchBuddy.exe. (this is what I was missing!)

Command Line Parameters Documentation:
-m [local|client|server] -c <*.tbc>

"-m local" and "-m client" requires the -c option as well server mode only requires the "-m server" option (no config required)

the -c option can be 'relative' to where TouchBuddy is located
e.g. -c profiles\simple-layout.tbc
or a 'full file path'
e.g. -c c:\touchbuddy\profiles\simple-layout.tbc
if the path contains any spaces, you 'must quote' the path
e.g. -c "c:\touchbuddy diretory\profiles\simple-layout.tbc"

Simple Example to run locally:
"c:\touchbuddy\touchbuddy.exe" -m local -c "c:\touchbuddy\profiles\simple-layout.tbc"

Here is an Example of mine to run TouchBuddy Locally on my game computer:
Quote:
"E:\My Documents\TouchBuddy\TouchBuddy.exe" -m local -c "E:\My Documents\TouchBuddy Files\Profiles\IL2 Series\IL2 Series 2.1-Online-ClipRadio-WBK.tbc"
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