I sent this to several people on this thread already hoping for feedback (check your inbox, no e-mail notifications are getting sent out from tgb due to lack of disk space) but here is a list of features in the addin. I have't had time this last week to work and I won't be able to work on it till this weekend so if anyone has any minor requests I'll see what I can add before Sunday.
Current Features:
- Create and manage up to two additional start menu strips
- Create and manage application tiles for custom start menu
- Create shortcuts to built-in locations (i.e. Video Library)
- Create shortcuts to custom add-ins (i.e. XML Radio Online)
- Add channels
- Start screen saver (not a fan of leaving the album art on the screen for too long when playing an entire album)
- Run application
- Open webpage in Media Center
- Open webpage in web browser
- Play DVD (current if there is one otherwise take to DVD Gallery)
- Start Media Center with Windows
- Choose which strip or function to start with
- Basic Vista Media Center tweaks
- Hide TV
- Hide Online Experiences
- Hide Sports
- Enable DVD Gallery
What I need to finish before making available for download is an option to use one of the start menu strips as a “Channel Favorites” strip that uses the automatic data gathered from Vista Media Center. What do you think?
The default install option will be to create two Start Menu strips called:
- Quick Launch
- Channel Favorites
btw, For the screen saver functionality I believe I found a bug in Vista. I tried reporting it to Microsoft months ago but have not received any response or acknowledgement. From my testing I found that Vista will disable screen savers when coming back from it when activated with the below command.
SendMessage(GetForegroundWindow(), WM_SYSCOMMAND, new IntPtr(SC_SCREENSAVE), IntPtr.Zero);
If your screen saver is enabled the above command will start the screen saver properly but when Vista comes out of the screen saver it will no longer be enabled. The registry key that shows whether the screen saver is enabled is:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
ScreenSaveActive {0 = No screen saver is selected; 1 = A screen saver is selected. }
Can anyone confirm whether this is a bug or am I not handling a post screen saver event that is supposed to enable the screen saver again? I’ve put a workaround in place for this but any information on whether this is a bug would be appreciated.
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