Subj : OpenXP noob questions
To   : August Abolins
From : Martin Foster
Date : Tue Apr 09 2019 13:23:00

Hello August!

On 08.04.19 at 13:33, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 MF>> Just thought of something, try starting OpenXP with the /q switch.
 MF>> This is supposed to disable audio alerts but whether it does or not is
 MF>> a different matter.

 AA> I put /q and /nb in the Windows shortcut Properties.

OK, I'd forgotten you could do that :-]

 AA> SEEMs to cooperate!

 AA> Bonus.. sofar *no* screeming banshee.

Good! :)

[snip]
 AA> The /x option (quit program) intrigues me.  Why would anyone want that in
 AA> a "startup" autoexec routine?

Absolutely no idea but I'll ask the developer.

 AA> Regarding F1 twice: Cool.  But I would never have thought that TAB would
 AA> walk through the next items.

After pressing <F1> twice, see what the next to the bottom line says.  
The bottom line may also be of interest :)

 AA> I was using down-arrow and it was skipping some of those!

Yup, precisely.

Regards,
Martin

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