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#1 2003-12-02 11:58 am
- emmett_the_crab
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WinXP verbose option
I'm installing SETI@home command line client on my XP machine at work, and I can't figure out howe to get the verbose switch to work. 
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#2 2003-12-02 4:18 pm
- caol
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Re: WinXP verbose option
I've not used the Win32 version of SETI@Home but in both OS/2 and MacOS X I believe you have to type out the full word. I.E.:
setiathome -verbose<return>
You might give that a try.
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#3 2003-12-02 4:56 pm
- emmett_the_crab
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Re: WinXP verbose option
Right, I have done that before on a Windows ME machine, but the DOS shortcut seems different this time. Basically I want to make the shortcut contain the script so that it is always in verbose mode.
-Ryan
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#4 2003-12-05 8:36 am
- dvpierce
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Re: WinXP verbose option
Just add the tag to the pathname in the shorcut properties menu. (right-click the shortcut, select properties.) So my "Target" would read:
"E:\SETI\setiathome_blah_blah.exe -verbose"
I think in windows, the prompt often uses slashes instead of hyphens, so it might be "/verbose" instead of "-verbose" but I'm not sure. Try both?
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#5 2003-12-05 1:03 pm
- emmett_the_crab
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Re: WinXP verbose option
Just add the tag to the pathname in the shorcut properties menu. (right-click the shortcut, select properties.) So my "Target" would read:
"E:\SETI\setiathome_blah_blah.exe -verbose"
I think in windows, the prompt often uses slashes instead of hyphens, so it might be "/verbose" instead of "-verbose" but I'm not sure. Try both?
I'm trying that...
"E:\SETI\setiathome_blah_blah.exe -verbose"
It's saying that it's not a valid path. I've tried with the"/" and the"-" and even a "~".
Okay, now I have it. It should read more like this...
"E:\SETI\setiathome_blah_blah.exe" -verbose
That's with Windows ME. I haven't been back to work to try it on that machine. That should be on Monday.
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#6 2003-12-05 5:36 pm
- dvpierce
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Re: WinXP verbose option
That should work. Cool.
Sorry, I was at work myself, but there's little point to installing SETI on a PII450 print server that is constantly being remotely monitored by the powers-that-be. So I couldn't double-check my settings from home, but I thunked that I remembered.
Good luck.
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#7 2003-12-05 7:11 pm
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Re: WinXP verbose option
Thanks for your help. I put those lazy PeeCees to work.
-Ryan
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#8 2003-12-08 10:10 am
- dvpierce
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Re: WinXP verbose option
Good for you. 
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