Opening an application once Layout is loaded...

[Echelon5]

Is this possible?

I have been having issues trying to get the code to do such a task.

What I want to do is, open "Console 2" on my desktop. This is a background-less command prompt window for MS Windows. Which can be anchored to the desktop using the Console.xml file.

Can anyone shed any light in starting an exe from a layout? ta.

[moshi]

you could try something like this:

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[MeasureAutostart]
Measure=Calc
Formula=1
IfEqualValue=1
IfEqualAction=["C:\Program Files (x86)\Console2\Console.exe"]

[Echelon5]

lol I Suck!

You have solved the problem:

I created another ini called Console.ini. Once loaded, it starts the Console.exe. Here is what I came up with:

[Rainmeter]
BackgroundMode=1
Author=Echelon5

[MeasureAutostart]
Measure=Calc
Formula=1
IfEqualValue=1
IfEqualAction=["#@#\Console 2\Console.exe"]

[MeterConsole2]
Meter=String
AntiAlias=1
x=0
Y=0

Thankyou so much for this moshi! I can now package my themes with fully custom add-ins

[StarburstSpectrum]

Could you not also do it in the top [rainmeter] section.

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
OnRefreshAction=["#@#\Console 2\Console.exe"]