Restarting client from remote control

[spotty]

I would like to be able to forcibly close and restart the client from the remote control (MCE) or keyboard. It doesn't sound too hard to get something together but I was wondering if anyone else has already done this and could post the solution?

[whurlston]

Change the following in config.xml to "true":

Code:

<[color=Red]SystemRestartIsAppOnly[/color]>true</[color=red]SystemRestartIsAppOnly[/color]>

Then you can choose "Restart" from the System menu.

[spotty]

Thanks, but the time I really need it is if gbpvr freezes so it would need to be a separate app.

[whurlston]

If you are using hip or event ghost (or other similar software) you can probably map a specific key to run a batch file or hotkey sequence. In the batch file, you could use PSKill from SysInternals to kill pvrx2 and then restart it.

[JavaWiz]

Here is a cmd batch file that should do the trick:

Code:

@Echo off
Set PVRX2=c:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\pvrx2.exe
pskill pvrx2 > NUL
if %ERRORLEVEL%==0 (
    Echo PVRX2 process killed.
    Echo Restarting PVRX2...
) else (
    Echo PVRX2 process NOT running.
    Echo Starting PVRX2...
)
Start "" "%PVRX2%"

You will need PSKILL from SysInternals (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysin...95533.aspx).

You'll need to map to the keyboard or a remote key to launch it.

[imilne]

Or rewrite the batch file to use taskkill which is built into Windows XP Pro (not so sure about other versions).

[spotty]

Here's a solution - using this configuration file, eventghost will intercept the green button and restart (or just start) a hung pvrx2.exe without interrupting the recording service.
It can be configured to be triggered by other buttons - have a look at the eventghost documentation.
Its written for WinXP - it may need sone subtle changes to the taskkill section with other OSes.