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Front End Support => MaLa Frontend => Topic started by: bosco on April 19, 2008, 11:05:06 pm
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I can't seem to get the wrapper the working under Vista. I'm running everything as 'Administrator' and I associated all the tables with Vpinball. The only thing different from XP is when I click on a table under XP it would start the table. Now when I click a table it just brings up the editor....empty it doesn't even import thr table I clicked into the editor. Thanks for any suggestions in advance.
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Try adding the "/Play" switch to the default command for .VPT files. It'll go something like this:
"C:\{Path to Visual Pinball}\VPinball.exe" -play -"%1"
Fill in the {} parts to where you have VP installed on your system.
(updated to -play from /play)
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HHmmm..thanks for the reply. I'm a little confused (not suprizing). Where/what am I actually changing? When you say add "/Play" to the default command do you mean in MaLa, the wrapper or something to actually do with the Vpinball executable? Sorry for my ignorance.
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You'll need to change the Windows command for the file name extension (the part after the "." in the filename).
Here's a treatise on the subject if you've never done it before. It's very handy knowledge!
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q307859/
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Step-by-step info: :blah:
I'm assuming you're using Windows XP for this next bit.
If you've already double-clicked on a .vpt file (a Visual Pinball table file) and set it to open with Visual Pinball, you'll see it under the Windows Explorer settings -- open a file explorer window (shortcut: Windows + E), choose "Tools - Folder Options" from the menu, and click the "File Types" tab.
After the full list displays (might take a few seconds), find the "VPT" extension, click it, then click the "Advanced" button.
From there, you can change the "default" action Windows will take when you double-click on a file.
Click "open" in the list of possible "actions", and click "Edit..."
Change the part under "Application used to perform action:" from
Visual Pinball\VPinball.exe
to
Visual Pinball\VPinball.exe /Play
Make sure you don't remove the rest of the path name to the Visual Pinball program, or the "" marks...or the %1 , which is the filename Windows will "pass" to Visual Pinball as the table to open and play.
Hope that helps! 8)
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ok, I understand a little more but I'm using Vista and tried what you said but it seems to be set up a little different. I had it working with XP but as soon as I changed to Vista it quit working. I could not find where to do the change with Vista......thanks for trying to help.
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Sorry, I didn't see you mentioned Vista in your first post! Duh.
Here's a good page:
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877_11-6172036.html
You want the "Default Programs" tool in the Control Panel.