command to open up exe in vb

[theguy2042000]

i dont want it to start at startup i want it to star when i press start halo on my program

[[CL]9mm-Man]

You only needed less than one line of that code...It was proof that it isnt halo.exe ...Thats for seeing if Halo is running when it starts up... you can edit that to make it for you, thats why coding owns, its adaptable

[kaptainkommie]

Think what you want. I have coding for a program that works on halo and the start is

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Private Sub Form_Load()
graphscale = 75
hWndConsole = HaloMemory.FindWindow(vbNullString, "Halo Console (1)")
HaloMemory.GetWindowThreadProcessId hWndConsole, pID
cboplayers.ListIndex = 0
End Sub

It is Halo.exe. What you're doing there is getting the Window Handle by specifying the window's class name, which in this case is Halo Console (1). In that code you're not even launching Halo. You're assuming Halo has already been started and you're getting the process ID.

[stratoskater]

omg hell!!! There is a way that is so easier than all of your ideas!!!!!!! PM ME

[[CL]9mm-Man]

Well I took that from Keishtus coding...It was from one like HPW..So yea it does detect it

[kaptainkommie]

Right, detecting it running is certainly not the same as launching it, which is what this entire topic is about.

[[CL]9mm-Man]

Ooh oops...Well if you know were abouts Halo.exe is then its okay...

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Shell "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo\Halo.exe"

My first program was one were I put buttons that was connected to all my Halo stuff...Like I made a button and coded it so when I pressed it like HMT loaded and things like that.

I wanted to add a box so you could put where the programs are...That code up there should help you.

[kaptainkommie]

Yea that should work, you might still need to change the working directory before using Shell though. Halo tries to read its config file and if you don't change the working directory to the Halo directory, it won't be able to find it and therefore _might_ not run at all.