Open a program only one time from the Gnometer-launchbar

[santa_ryan]

Ill recompile the script. Im sure i had it in 32 bit but i could be mistaken

So you have tried it from the run dialog? or a cmd prompt?

Dont do it from within rainmeter. See if you can do it with command prompt.

Use this updated program as well. It will whine at you if your doing something wrong and correct it (=

RunOrMaximizeProgram.zip

[RainmeterNorway2011]

Use this updated program as well. It will whine at you if your doing something wrong and correct it (=

Nice one

Now I have:

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[Launcher2]
Meter=IMAGE
MeterStyle=sLauncher
ImageName=#launcher.App2icon#
LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["C:\Users\aasmund\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\Gnometer\Tools!\RunOrMaximizeProgram\RunOrMaximizeProgram.exe""C:\Program Files\xchat\xchat.exe"]

And it is working perfect now, so again thank you for all your time to help me with this sir


Have a nice weekend!

[santa_ryan]

Would you find it useful to have the ability to select if it maximizes a window or just restores the window?

[RainmeterNorway2011]

Good morning . Do you mean that you can compile it to have the option for maximize a window or just restore the window? Well, if you have time, you can do that. That may be useful to other people here tho .

[santa_ryan]

Ya it wouldn't be to hard to put the ability in there. I might do it later as I'm working on something else. If you don't find a use for it it's not a priority then. Hope the script works well for you.

[RainmeterNorway2011]

I got another idea: Maybe you can make a GUI for the program so people can add .exe files like a launcher it self?

[santa_ryan]

I dont understand what you mean...

You mean like having them enter in executables into a file or a gui and then just calling them like so:

RunOrMaximizeProgram.exe "internet explorer", RunOrMaximizeProgram.exe "GIMP", RunOrMaximizeProgram.exe "chrome"

Like that??

[RainmeterNorway2011]

Try to make the RunOrMaximizeProgram as a GUI itself and let users add exes from there . Maybe Poiru can add a option for your plugin or make a option for "allow only once instance for programs. After a afternoon with googling I found this site: http://codebetter.com/paullaudeman/2004/07/17/windows-forms-tip-ensure-only-one-instance-of-your-application-is-running-at-a-time/ .

[cwfrizzell]

Potentially useful script!

I was looking for a way to open the same instance of Speedfan from an ini AFTER it had already opened and minimized to the systray. I thought this might do the trick...

No luck getting it up and running yet... Will it work with systray items?

[santa_ryan]

It works just fine for systray items. However, there are some programs it doesnt work with, like iTunes, WMP, and teamviewer.

Another thing is it must be the direct path to the exe and not be a shortcut (.lnk)

Try putting /debug after the path name if you downloaded the latest version. It should have a commandline count of 2, the path to speedfan, the parsed filename with a \ before it (\speedfan.exe) and then just the filename itself (speedfan.exe)

Does ANYTHING happen? like the program popping up but being unusable (like itunes does) or does it just stay in systray.