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I don't think I requested the PlayerBar long click to launch Spotlight... but I might have... I honestly don't remember?  I was only adding my agreement that this functionality should be reversed based on their experience, and noted that reversing a feature is not without precedence.

That said, there may be others that love to launch spotlight that way - I don't know.  I personally always use the icon to launch, and have not experienced the accidental activation they have. But it does seem plausible that this is possibly an issue for many people, and given the many other ways to launch Spotlight, removing the long-click would seem to be minimally impactful.

Sadly that did not help.

Forget that last question. That MCC command requires the Zone Index not the Zone ID!!

Thanks for the clarification. My OP correctly referred to a .wsf file but my aging brain subsequently converted it to .swf

Since my last post I had already discovered that a .bat file was an alternative to a .wsf, though batch files have the disadvantage of causing a short flash on the screen. However, I've never used Curl before, so thanks for that info.

I still have an issue with the MCC 10037 command, as it appears to be behaving in a rather erratic manner.

Using the command prompt, I can turn detached display on for the current zone with MC32 /MCC 10037,1 and turn it off with MC32 /MCC 10037,0. So far, so good, but when I specify the ZoneID the situation becomes more complicated.

MC32 /MCC 10037,1:0 correctly detaches the display for Zone 0, but MC32 /MCC 10037,1:10038 also detaches the display for Zone 0 (but not Zone 10038). The same applies when I use other ZoneIDs in the command. They all detach the display for Zone 0. What might explain such behaviour?

Mac Studio M2 Max, 64GB, Sonoma 14.5

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Is this a HPBEME request that you want reversed?

Rather non-intuitively, the successive zone IDs stepping down my zone list (as displayed in MC) are 10038, 0, 10036, 10035, 10018, etc. What is the logic behind the ordering of the zone list in MC? 

Internal IDs are... internal. No logic is required Maybe you should use the Index or Name instead.

How would I incorporate that in the SWF script mentioned earlier?

Use Curl to do the HTTP calls.

On a wider issue, that script was published in this forum long before the Adobe Flash SWF format became defunct. Is there another way to automate MC startup?

It's not SWF, it's WSF (Windows Script File). It's not related to Flash.
If you just need a script to run as a shortcut or as a scheduled task on windows startup/logon, you do not need a WSF file. You can use a simple .bat or .cmd file with the same commands, something like this:

@echo off
mc32
timeout 2
curl -u YourUser:YourPass http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Playback/SetZone?Zone=10038ZoneType=ID
mc32 /MCC 10037,1

You can list the zones and their index/internal IDs via MCWS:
http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Playback/Zones?hidden=1

Thanks for that very useful zone information

Rather non-intuitively, the successive zone IDs stepping down my zone list (as displayed in MC) are 10038, 0, 10036, 10035, 10018, etc. What is the logic behind the ordering of the zone list in MC? 

There's also the /Playback/SetZone MCWS command to switch zones. That one can switch by zone index, zone ID, or zone Name.
http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/

The SetZone example provided via your link let me switch to my 1st zone by using the following browser entry.

http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Playback/SetZone?Zone=10038ZoneType=ID

How would I incorporate that in the SWF script mentioned earlier?

On a wider issue, that script was published in this forum long before the Adobe Flash SWF format became defunct. Is there another way to automate MC startup?

You can list the zones and their index/internal IDs via MCWS:
http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/Playback/Zones?hidden=1

There's also the /Playback/SetZone MCWS command to switch zones. That one can switch by zone index, zone ID, or zone Name.
http://localhost:52199/MCWS/v1/

I seem to have it working now.

I was very confused about zone numbering. I've no idea what controls the order of the zones in my MC installation, but it's certainly not in alphabetical order. I was originally following the guidance provided by Glynor (the author of the wsf script) in the thread I linked in my OP, which stated "1:0 corresponds to the first zone, 1:1 to the second, 1:2 to the third and so on and so forth". That does not appear to be correct in my case.

A process of trial and error (greatly assisted by the Overview that appears at the top of the Playing Now section in the MC interface and indicates which zones have a detached display) proved that Zone 0 was my 2nd zone, Zone 2 was my 5th zone, and Zone 3 was my 4th zone. I don't know the meaning of Zone 1, as it simply generated a black rectangle and didn't trigger any detached display indicator in Playing Now: Overview.   

I tried to add another command to set Zone 0 as the current zone but mc32.exe /MCC 10011,0 doesn't work. Have I got the syntax wrong for that command?