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   Message 717 of 3,070   
   August Abolins to Martin Foster   
   OpenXP noob questions   
   08 Apr 19 13:33:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet d73812c7   
   REPLY: 2:310/31.3@fidonet d739abad   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.37 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   Hello Martin!   
      
   ** 08.04.19 - 14:42, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:   
      
   MF> Just thought of something, try starting OpenXP with the /q switch.   
   MF> This is supposed to disable audio alerts but whether it does or not is   
   MF> a different matter.   
      
   I put /q and /nb in the Windows shortcut Properties.   
      
   SEEMs to cooperate!   
      
   Bonus.. sofar *no* screeming banshee.   
      
      
   MF> Did you know that instead of putting a multitude of switches on the   
   MF> commandline, there's a much easier way of achieving the same   
   MF> thing(apart from running OpenXP from a batch file). To find out how,   
   MF> press  *twice* from OpenXP's main screen and ** your way to   
   MF> "Command line switches". Scroll down to the bottom of the page and   
   MF> you'll see some info about the AUTOEXEC directory. Once you've read   
   MF> and digested the info, you may also like to press  on   
   MF> "AUTOEXEC" -> stand by to be amazed! ;-)   
      
   Regarding AUTOEXEC direcotory: THAT is a good feature.  *I* probably won't     
   need all that.  But I can see its benefits for a dedicated oxp system that     
   implements multiple servers, IPv6 vs IPv4, and other particular things.   
      
   The /x option (quit program) intrigues me.  Why would anyone want that in     
   a "startup" autoexec routine?   
      
   Regarding F1 twice: Cool.  But I would never have thought that TAB would     
   walk through the next items.  I was using down-arrow and it was skipping     
   some of those!   
      
      
   Regards,   
     ../|ug   
      
   --- OpenXP 5.0.37   
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