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Navigation inputs

  • Z and X: Navigate through categories.
  • Navigation Arrows: Navigate through entries.
  • Space bar: Launch selected entry.
  • F11: Toggle fullscreen.
  • C: Open configuration window.
  • Mouse interaction is enabled in the configuration window.

Launcher Configuration: Launcher Data

  • Create category
  1. Open the configuration window
  2. Click the Categories “+” button:
  • Edit category
  1. Select the category from the list.
  2. Update its *Title *property.
  3. Click the Save Button.
  • Delete category
  1. Right click a category from the categories list to open its context menu.
  2. Click the Delete option button.

Important: If you delete a category it will also be removed from all the entries that contains the deleted category in its categories list.

  • Create entry
  1. Open the configuration window.
  2. Click the entries “+” button:
  • Edit entry
  1. Select the entry from the list.

  2. Update its properties:

    2.1 Title: Entry name. it’s displayed if no banner is selected.

    2.2 Launch: The element to be launched. Here you can write a web page url or select the executable file by clicking the browse button. You can select .exe, shortcuts (.lnk, .url) or .bat files.

    2.3 Banner: The banner for the entry. Click the browse button to select the image file. it must be .png or .jpg file format.

    2.4 Banner images are pretended to be 460x215 or 920x430 sized. You could find existing banners for most games at:

    2.5 Categories: The categories which the entry belongs to. You have to select them from the dropdown option.

  3. Click the Save Button.

  • Delete entry
  1. Right click an entry from the entries list to open its context menu.
  2. Click the Delete option button.

Launcher Configuration: Launcher Settings

Entries Grid Columns: It’s the amount of divisions for an entries row. The higher the value, the smaller the size of the entry. Move the slider to change the value.

Entries Per Row: It’s the amount of entries in a single row. Move the slider to change the value.

Scroll Looping: If the navigation behaviour will work as a loop. Set the checkbox value.

Customize background

Every time the launcher is started, a random image from the folder [ ~ / media / backgrounds ] is selected as the new background. For changing background you have to add your own images inside this folder. If no images are found, the launcher sets the default one.

These images must be .png or .jpg files.

Customize SFXs

For changing the default sound effects of the launcher you have to place your sound effects files inside the folder [ ~ / media / sfx ]. It’s important that the new sound effect is in .wav format and has the same name of the sfx you are replacing for.