how does that fix the context menu the user is trying to use? if you wanted something to put on the task bar directly, afaik you can already drag a standard windows shortcut to XSI.bat like ralf wrote
On Wednesday, April 17, 2013, Angus Davidson wrote: > Okay Just got tired of the issue so I created a small application. XSI > Bounce > > Just copy it into the Appplication/bin folder. It shouldn't matter what > version you are using. > > All it does is check to see if XSI.bat is there and if it is run the > batch file. It will then quit. On fast machines you probably won't even > notice it opening. > > That way you can easily pin something to the Start Bar. > > You can get it from http://db.tt/EG3p9Ihb > > TODO. 1) Get a decent Icon, Currently just generic application Icon > 2)Test to see if it works with network licensing > > Kind regards > > Angus > > From: Rob Wuijster <[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');>> > Reply-To: "[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');>" > <[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');>>, " > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');>" > <[email protected]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > > > Date: Tuesday 16 April 2013 4:08 PM > To: "[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');>" > <[email protected]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > > > Subject: Re: Softimage promo > > Funny that this stuff comes back with every new release of Softimage. > There's some solutions on this in the mail archives, and even on the > forums. > > Rob > > \/-------------\/----------------\/ > > On 16-4-2013 14:22, Angus Davidson wrote: > > Is it not possible to write a launcher program that will do the same thing > > as the batch file. > > That way you can leave xsi.exe unchanged and it will still have what ever > it needs in place before it runs. > > > > On 2013/04/16 1:41 PM, "Luc-Eric Rousseau" <[email protected]> > <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');> wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 2:47 AM, Szabolcs Matefy <[email protected]> > <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]');> > wrote: > > To me (Win7 latest updates) it¹s not available. It wants to pin to the > exisiting Icons, but not the taskbar. However, Maya, Max, ZBrush and all > other programs offer the option > > None of these apps offer this option, this is a task bar menu > "offered" by Microsoft. It creates shortcut to Softimage.exe but > Softimage needs to be started by a .bat file, because that's how we > set the environment variable per-version. Don't know if it's worth to > come up with a combination of different systems to replace that just > to work around that taskbar menu. > > 1) Run Softimage, right click on taskbar and select "Pin this program > to taskbar" > 2) quit Softimage (important otherwise step 3 won't work) > 3) shift-right-click on the Softimage icon on the taskbar and select > Properties > 4) change xsi.exe to xsi.bat > > > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" > style="width:100%;"> > <tr> > <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" > size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is > intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received > this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the > original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without > the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent > to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus > advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the > University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, > which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the > Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and > outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in > writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> > </tr> > </table > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6247 - Release Date: 04/15/13 > > > > > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. > If you have received this communication in error, please notify us > immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate > this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised > signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the > University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message > may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal > views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and > opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements > between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless > the University agrees in writing to the contrary. ** > >
