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[ShirazD]

hi,

i'm trying to use command line parameters with Media Jukebox 8.0.400 and I can't for the life of me get it to work. I am following the syntax as outlined at http://www.musicex.com/mediajukebox/DevZone/CommandLine.html

First of all, I do not have mjextman.exe in the Media Jukebox installation directory. I believe the executable used to be called that but is now just called "Media Jukebox.exe"? In any case, I have tried the command line options in the following scenarios:

1. Media Jukebox.exe /command
2. Media Scheduler.exe /command
3. renaming Media Jukebox.exe to mjextman.exe; mjextman.exe /command
4. renaming Media Scheduler.exe to mjextman.exe; mjextman.exe /command

In cases #1 and #3, it launches MJ as expected, but does not execute the command. If I leave that instance of MJ running and re-run the command line entry, it just blinks the existing MJ button in the taskbar but does not execute the command.

I tried several different commands to make sure it wasn't the particular command I was misunderstanding.

I tried playing with the positions of the quotes, ultimately settling on
"executable.exe" /command
which the DOS window seemed to prefer for the executables with spaces in the filename.

I've searched the through the entire history of these forums for a similar problem -- didn't find any.
I've Googled the entire net for a similar problem -- didn't find any.

I read the FAQ.

I had the problem initially with MJ 8.0.393 I believe it was. I upgraded to 8.0.400. Still the same problem. Then I even uninstalled the application, and cleaned out every reference to Media Jukebox and J River in my registry, rebooted the computer, and reinstalled version 8.0.400.

And now I'm posting here! Any ideas?

Here's my info:

Media Jukebox PLUS 8.0.400
Install Path: C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\

CPU: AMD Athlon 527 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 490 MB, Free - 132 MB
OS: Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106
ComCtl32.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1400
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233
wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Funny, it's wrong about my processor.


Thanks,

Shiraz

ps. i've been a happy licensed user of MJ from its early beginnings.

[xen-uno]

mjextman.exe (it is NOT Media Jukebox.exe...they are separate entities) should reside in...

c:\winnt\ OR c:\windows\ OR c:\winnt\system32 OR c:\windows\system32

All of these dirs should be in your PATH
(ie PATH=C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\;C:\DKServer\)

Your 1 thru 4 will not work in ANY case.

Do a search to see if mjextman.exe exists anywhere and if not...reinstall MJ over the current installation.

10^-27

[ShirazD]

oh geez i can't believe it was that simple. after all that! thank you so much xen-uno. the funny thing is i had thought that maybe it was so simple as being an executable located in the windows folder hiearchy but i thought, "naahhh, that's not it" i don't know why didn't check for that.

thanks again. my life is happier!

shiraz