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I used to know how to do this, but forgot.

I want an icon on the desktop that will launch a Playstation emulator
psxfin.exe, but with a particular game preloaded. Just for example, let's
say Suikoden. The game Suikoden plays when Suikoden.img is loaded.

I remember asking about this years ago in one group or another and was told
how to do it. I've been searching my old Usenet posts for hours on Google
looking for that thread and havent found it yet.

On 30 Apr 2008 14:31:05 GMT, elaich <> wrote:

>I used to know how to do this, but forgot.
>
>I want an icon on the desktop that will launch a Playstation emulator
>psxfin.exe, but with a particular game preloaded. Just for example, let's
>say Suikoden. The game Suikoden plays when Suikoden.img is loaded.
>
>I remember asking about this years ago in one group or another and was told
>how to do it. I've been searching my old Usenet posts for hours on Google
>looking for that thread and havent found it yet.

Depends.

Can you browse to the folder where suikoden.img is, double click on
that icon, and have it load?

Drag and drop that icon to the desktop.
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elaich wrote:
> I used to know how to do this, but forgot.
>
> I want an icon on the desktop that will launch a Playstation emulator
> psxfin.exe, but with a particular game preloaded. Just for example, let's
> say Suikoden. The game Suikoden plays when Suikoden.img is loaded.

Batch file with a shortcut desktop icon?

SQ
ps. How about we all just declare Windows a failed experiment and
go back to CP/M?

elaich <> wrote in news:Xns9A904C71D1B88xyz@130.133.1.4:

> I used to know how to do this, but forgot.
>
> I want an icon on the desktop that will launch a
> Playstation emulator psxfin.exe, but with a particular game
> preloaded. Just for example, let's say Suikoden. The game
> Suikoden plays when Suikoden.img is loaded.
>
> I remember asking about this years ago in one group or
> another and was told how to do it. I've been searching my
> old Usenet posts for hours on Google looking for that
> thread and havent found it yet.

I don't know whether the PS emulator runs in DOS (window?) but
there is a DOS "emulator menu" program whose name escapes me at
the moment. I /think/ it even allows you to choose the game(s)
which appears to be what you want. Even though I have only ever
used the "Stella" Atari 2600 emulator, I am pretty sure I do
have that DOS menu program, and if you can't find it (or
something like it) I can post it for you somewhere. And if
psxfin runs under Windows only, there's GOTTA be some menu add-
on for it and other Windows emulators.

WWOTS, I am barely conversant with commands, but wouldn't it be
/something/ like:

c:\> psxfin.exe /suikoden.img (with allowances for paths)

(I probably just exhibited my utter ignorance of certain basics
to the world. Oh well.)


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when we must be very glad that we have nothing to do with them.

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Sean_Q_ <> wrote in news:Ff3Sj.103156$Cj7.89479@pd7urf2no:

> How about we all just declare Windows a failed experiment and
> go back to CP/M?

LOL. CP/M was what I started with. Sometimes I boot it up just to play with
it.

thanatoid <> wrote in
news:Xns9A909CF4A2F12thanexit@66.250.146.158:

> And if
> psxfin runs under Windows only, there's GOTTA be some menu add-
> on for it and other Windows emulators.
>
> WWOTS, I am barely conversant with commands, but wouldn't it be
> /something/ like:
>
> c:\> psxfin.exe /suikoden.img (with allowances for paths)
>

It runs in Windows, and it does have a frontend. I like to just be able
to click on an icon.

That command line sounds pretty good. I haven't worked with command lines
since DOS 3.3.

Here's the problem. I used Suikoden as an example. Of course, I can just
drag suikoden.img to the desktop and create a shortcut. I have already
changed the association of .img to open with psxfin.exe. That works fine.

But, enter Suikoden II. Some PSX games do not not emulate properly in
psxfin without a switch, and Suikoden II is one of them. It requires the
-r switch. I definitely remember being able to do this, but have
forgotten how.

I can run it in the frontend, which has provisions for switches, and can
just use a shortcut to the frontend. It just irks me that I have
forgotten how to do something I once knew how to.

I'll continue looking for that thread, and I'll also ask in the pSX
forums at emuforums.com. Thanks.

elaich <> wrote in
news::

> thanatoid <> wrote in
> news:Xns9A909CF4A2F12thanexit@66.250.146.158:
>
>> And if
>> psxfin runs under Windows only, there's GOTTA be some menu
>> add- on for it and other Windows emulators.
>>
>> WWOTS, I am barely conversant with commands, but wouldn't
>> it be /something/ like:
>>
>> c:\> psxfin.exe /suikoden.img (with allowances for paths)
>>
>
> It runs in Windows, and it does have a frontend. I like to
> just be able to click on an icon.
>
> That command line sounds pretty good. I haven't worked with
> command lines since DOS 3.3.

I run 95 and 98SELite and Xtree for DOS was always the first
thing I installed after DOS whenever I would set up a machine.
But I don't do much of anything any more and I am also getting
old and stupid.

AFA the switch, they are usually just "space -r" (in this case).

So the complete version of the command line I would be:

c:\> psxfin.exe -r /suikoden.img

It perhaps should be % instead of /
Like I said, I am very bad at this.

<SNIP>

> I'll continue looking for that thread, and I'll also ask in
> the pSX forums at emuforums.com. Thanks.

You're welcome. I'm surprised no one else has replied. This
place is crawling with command line freaks.


--
Of course, it is no easy matter to be polite; in so far, I mean,
as it requires us to show great respect for everybody, whereas
most people deserve none at all; and again in so far as it
demands that we should feign the most lively interest in people,
when we must be very glad that we have nothing to do with them.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

[BAntar]

open notepad and tape this :

.............................................
@echo off

psxfin.exe "resident evil 3.cdz"
.............................................
instruction :
*1
psxfin.exe is the exe file in the Emulator folder...
*2
resident evil 3.cdz is the image file of the game i use...
*3
make sure that the image file in the same folder that have the Emulator psxfin.exe...
*4 last
save the notepad file like this anything.bat in the same folder of the Emulator program...
then double click in the bat file and the game will launch.........................................