EG at At Startup?

[shaggy79]

Hi All,
I've had a few problems since I went from windows 7 32bit TO 64bit!

First of all I can't get EG to start with windows (at startup). I have set it to run as admin, put a shortcut in the 'Start Folder' And in the options set it to 'Run' at windows Startup'
but it still won't start automaticaly, I have to wait for windows to boot up then start it myself?

And secondly I cant get my TTS to work with EN-GB Hazel voice. ( I know i've started a seperate topic about this but i dont know how to delete it?)
here is the error code I get:-

Traceback (most recent call last) (1700):
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\EventGhost\eg\Classes\ActionBase.py", line 170, in CallWrapper
return self(*args)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\EventGhost\plugins\Speech\__init__.py", line 194, in __call__
voiceObj.Speak("<context>" + voiceText + "</context>", 1)
File "<COMObject Sapi.SpVoice>", line 3, in Speak
com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, None, None, None, 0, -2147221164), None)

[kgschlosser]

the startup option is misleading, it will only run at logon. and it will show as running in the system tray only.

so check there after you logon.


K

[shaggy79]

the startup option is misleading, it will only run at logon. and it will show as running in the system tray only.

so check there after you logon.


K

Thanks for the reply kgschlosser,
I understand about it only running after logon, but my EG does not I've tried everything I can think of but it just does not start automaticaly.
I have to start it myself by double clicking the icon. I am so confused as to why it won't start

[kgschlosser]

beats me too.

I am not sure what could cause that. have you tried removing and reinstalling EG??

make sure you save that config file in 2 places just to be on the safe side.

I am going to test to see if I can get EG to run as a service that way it will run at boot and not login. I think that would be way more ideal.

If i am successful I'll post the instructions.

K

[kgschlosser]

Oh, I have a thought.

Do you have an antivirus running??

if so try disabling it and see if EG will autostart then.

and did you also check the system tray to make sure it really isn't running???

K

[kgschlosser]

Well I can get EG to run as a service. but I can't get the GUI to display if it is running as a service.

K

[shaggy79]

I have tried everything.....
Reinstalled EG twice now, Disabled antivirus, checked system tray, Checked task manager. I don't know what else to try
I'm at a complete loss

[krambriw]

Have you tried also this?

http://eventghost.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7408

[shaggy79]

Have you tried also this?

http://eventghost.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7408

Thanks for the reply Krambriw,
I done what it said in that thread, but that didnt work either

Any other ideas... It works fine on my Toshiba laptop running exact same operating system???

I got it to start with windows I had to Uncheck " Run As Adminitrator"?

[shaggy79]

I finaly got it to work.....
I found this thread and it worked like a charm
http://www.eventghost.org/forum/viewtop ... 383#p26444

[blackwind]

For the benefit of future visitors to this thread, Windows won't launch elevated programs at startup if UAC is enabled. This isn't an EventGhost issue. Your options for resolution are:

• Disable UAC completely with the "EnableLUA" registry hack. Setting the UAC slider to "never notify" isn't enough.
• Use an unprivileged batch file or script to launch your program, as noted in the link above.
• Use Task Scheduler to create a task with an "at startup" trigger to launch your program.
• Don't run your program as Administrator.

The good news is that the next version of EventGhost is finally stepping into the 21st century and will allow you to launch elevated programs and force programs to run as Administrator. r1706 is the last version that needs to be run as Administrator itself for this basic functionality.

[shaggy79]

Thanks for the info blackwind,
Any other new/interesting features in the new update?
also have you got ant thoughts on my TTS problem? (in the 1st post).

Cheers
Paul.

[blackwind]

Thanks for the info blackwind,
Any other new/interesting features in the new update?

I've been coordinating with Pako on this particular change, but the rest of the release is in his hands. Usually, the replies to the most recent release thread make up the bulk of the other changes.

also have you got ant thoughts on my TTS problem? (in the 1st post).

Sorry, can't shed any light on that one. A cursory Googling brought this up, but I'm sure you've already been there.

[FilthX]

Hello everybody,

first of all thanks for the hard work the developers and testers have put into this program and its plugins. I have only started scratching the surface trying to use it with Tasker (android) and I must say I am quite impressed.
Unfortunately I have the problem mentioned on this and other threads. I cannot have EG start automatically on computer startup. I have tried the batch files, I have tried the shortcuts in StartUp folder, the task scheduler method but none seems to work. With some methods (like the shortcut of a batch file in Startup folder), I will have the program load but I haven't got the tray icon so I can use the program's GUI since I am still learning it.
Can someone, more experienced please help me? I am running Windows 7 x64. My goal is to have EG launch automatically when my PC boots but without the user logged on.

Thanks in advance!
FilthX

[krambriw]

My goal is to have EG launch automatically when my PC boots but without the user logged on

EG is not a service and normally only services can start without a user logging on. There are however software's on the net that makes a normal program (like EG) to start "as a service". If those still works with Windows 7 and 10, I do not know. I cant find a link to such startup helper so you are advised to use Google unless another user have valid information to share

EDIT: you might be interested to try this: http://www.howtogeek.com/50786/using-sr ... s-service/