VB script to start pvrx2

[TimC]

I set up one of my remote's buttons to start pvrx2 but if pvrx2 was already running it would create a new process and then switch me to the old process. I ended up with alot of pvrx2 processes if I kept hitting the button. Here's a little script that will check to see if pvrx2 is running and if it is activate it, a.k.a. bring it to the forefront. If it's not running, it will start it.

Code:

strComputer = "."
strProgramName = "PVRX2.exe"
strProgramTitle = "PVRX2"
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = '" & strProgramName & "'")

If colProcessList.Count > 0 Then
    objShell.appactivate strProgramTitle
Else    
    objShell.Run strProgramName
End If

Not very complex. Save it to a file with a vbs extension and put it in the same directory as PVRX2.

[pBS]

it should already work that way...
my power button is mapped to pvrx2.exe, and if i hit it multiple times, it only gives focus to it, it isn't supposed to be able to start more than once...
maybe something wrong with your .net install?

[mvallevand]

Do you have have AllowMultipleInstance set in the registy? If so why not turn it off? If you don't, do you have some software that is blocking PVRx2 from writing its windows handle to the registry?

Martin

[liteswap]

My long-established StartPVRX2 utility does this - see the sig for details.

[TimC]

I couldn't find any information about the 'AllowMultipleInstance' registry key in the wiki or on the forums. I have a plain jane windows xp set up specifically for gbpvr so there is no software on the machine blocking anything it does.

I set up my remote with the help of pBS instructions on changing irbus.inf to open PVRX2 with one button and Boxee with another. I can switch between the two quickly and easily but before I put the script in I would end up with many PVRX2.exe processes if I kept switching between the two. I was pretty surprised myself when I opened task manager and saw 5 or 6 pvrx2.exe processes. Maybe it's a bug or maybe it's my system, but I fixed it .