That worked for when clicking the system tray icon.

Glad I could help.

Also am I the only one who thinks "Single Click" should be the default?

I like it that way too... but I guess that's why options exist.

Is there any way to open XMPlay from the system tray icon with 1 mouse click instead of 2?

Manually add SingleClickTray=1 to the xmplay.ini file.

Enable it by adding a "ReadAhead=<limit>" line to the XMPLAY.INI file (under "[XMPlay]"), where "<limit>" is the maximum file size (in MB) to read ahead for.

What is the default ReadAhead=?

Start with a fresh install (no plugins) and see what happens.  If everything is still working, then begin adding one or two plugins at a time and retesting.

Couldn't you just restore the library file you had backed up?

I can sure make a mess of things sometimes, and I have learned the value to keeping backups of important stuff.

Maybe you should give MS Security Essentials a shot? It works great on Win7, and most importantly it's very unobtrusive.

Best thing I've done in a long time.

I really don't understand what you're talking about, but from what I gather, is that you've destroyed the file format and then things just don't work correctly?  Do I have that right?

Works here, too.  Win7 laptop, minimal plugins, no vis.

Have you tried the Rated skin?

I did ask for larger sizes of the WAModern skins, especially because of screen resolution issues but also because some people just don't see as well as they used to. 

I can see that the highlight is in the same place on both the gold and the black.  The problem is that the black has a big (high) power button, but the gold one has a short power button that is low in the placement.  So, the highlight is in the right place for the black, but the highlight doesn't match where the short gold power button is.

Actually, looking at it closer, I can see where the gold power button is much taller, but because the top half of the power button is the same color as the entire face of the skin, it disappears, and it looks like the button is only half-high.

My mistake.  Sorry....

Hi Cypress,

I was playing with the different Aiwa 2.1 skins and I noticed that the gold ones have a different default "power" button, so the mouse-over highlight brightens the wrong place.

Thought you might like to know...

Great!

I'm glad it is on the to-do list.

Thanks.

Hi Cepera,

The Euphoria skin is my first choice, but I was recently playing with some skins that are close behind on my list, and I noticed an opportunity for improvement.

Some recent skins (such as WAModern Nightvision) show bubbles with colors that match the skin, but Euphoria stays standard black and white.  I know that pop-up bubble display control is a recent change to the skinning package.

Would you please consider colorizing the Euphoria bubbles?

Yes it is a bit too black.

High contrast.  Probably good for people with certain vision difficulties.

There are some programs that determine if they are "portable" (need to use a local ini file) or "installed" (and use the registry, etc) by seeing if they are installed in the Program Files folder.

Others will publish an exe installer which assumes registry and per-user ini, and a simple zip file that is configured to unpack and run defaulted to portable settings.

Still others will have the exe installer ask if the install is intended to be portable or local, and proceeds accordingly.

No matter what else, I like to know what to expect when I handle a distribution package.

Dotpitch's string of tests is pretty good.

Edit:  Some will determine "portable" if they see an ini file in the same directory as the main exe file.

Please, no forcing per-user config.  That would give problems to people who expect XMPlay to run in "portable" (local ini) mode, regardless of the underlying operating system.

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List of manual entry "secret settings" for xmplay.ini
Unless a default is listed, available settings are either 0 (off) or 1 (on)
Updated on 15February2011
Updated through stuff version 3.6.0.9
Updates in Bold or Strikethrough

AutoMini - Switch from mini to normal layout on mouse hover
AutoMiniDelay - Adjust/disable the AutoMini delay in milliseconds (default: AutoMiniDelay=500)
Boost - Increase Windows priority
NoBackup - Disable backing up xmplay.library to xmplay.library~
NoBeeps - Disable all beeping
NoCheckDead - Disable folder scanning for dead tracks
NoCheckScan - Disable display of "Title scanning in progress" warning when closing
NoConfirmDelete - Disable delete confirmations
NoFlashPause - Disable pause button flashing
NoFlashTotal - Disable flashing list time between total and selected tracks
NoHistory - Disable URL/folder/search history
NoLameRG - Disable lame replay gain
NoNetErrors - Disable internet error messages
NoPageScroll - Disable default page scrolling behavior
NoPreload - Disable preloading of next track unless crossfading is enabled (will also prevent gapless playback)
NoReg - Disable Windows registry use
NoScanList - Disable pre-scanning of playlist entries
NoScanMP3 - Disable pre-scanning of mp3 files
NoSpectrumFade - Disable blur of built-in spectrum vis
NoUserConfig - Ignore per-user config settings if found
NoWheelVol - Disable mouse wheel volume control
RandomList - Pre-shuffle multiple file drops for WinXP and above
SingleClickTray - Restoring to/from tray icon with single click
VisRefresh - Vis refresh rate in Hz (default: VisRefresh=40)
VolStep - Set the size of the mouse wheel volume adjustment (default: VolStep=3)

Honestly not trying to be rude or anything, but what is the version of XMPlay.exe?  (Is it new enough to support the desired features?)

The wheel controls volume when the volume slider has focus.  I believe NoWheelVol determines if the wheel will control volume regardless of focus.

What's the difference?  Maybe you can explain what I'm missing...

garson would like it to flash, because he uses that as as indicator of playback being paused.

OK, I never considered that it would be significant.