Can't launch a game directly from the Windows Explorer?

Nintendo Maniac 64 · (This post was last modified: 06-10-2011, 10:07 PM by Nintendo Maniac 64.)

Other emulators (like Project64 and DeSmuME) allow you to launch a game directly if you associate the game's file extension to the program EXE.

In layman's terms, I mean this (using DeSmuME as an example):

1) Double click on Game.NDS
2) Windows asks what program to open it with
3) You select "DeSmuME"
4) The game then starts up right away.
5) Now whenever you double-click a .NDS file, it'll load automatically.

This however doesn't work in Dolphin at all - it doesn't even load Dolphin properly! (most programs that this doesn't work with will at least open the program). This was tested with Dolphin r7590.

**dannzen** · 06-10-2011, 10:09 PM #2

you can use dolphin via command line...
just write a batch

(assoziation a iso with dolphin is just.... nevermind)

Nintendo Maniac 64 · (This post was last modified: 06-10-2011, 10:14 PM by Nintendo Maniac 64.)

And how many users nowadays know how to use command line?

(I myself know how, but due to its abstractness I can never remember commands since I'm very spacial-oriented, therefore I tend to stick with GUIs)

And ISO? Come on man, GCZ is where it's at. Tongue

**dannzen** · 06-10-2011, 10:28 PM #4

good... if you had asked what a command line is... i would had answered: let me google that for you Wink

it was a trolling trap Big Grin

and you avoided it
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Nintendo Maniac 64 · (This post was last modified: 06-10-2011, 10:37 PM by Nintendo Maniac 64.)

Haha, I actually grew up with DOS and Windows 3.1, but for the same reason I stuck with Windows rather than DOS. The only commands I seem to not ever forget are "dir" "cd" and "[driveletter]:", so I can at least navigate around and run programs... but that's it.

**LPFaint99** · (This post was last modified: 06-11-2011, 08:34 AM by LPFaint99.)

it's possible to do, but you'll have to read some posts

http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/showthread.php?tid=6756&highlight=file+association

http://forums.dolphin-emu.org/showthread.php?tid=3562&pid=32829#pid32829

http://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/source/detail?r=3760

reason for this is that dolphin depends on the cwd and by double clicking an iso you would (usually) not be in dolphins folder

Nintendo Maniac 64 · 06-11-2011, 02:37 PM #7

So in order to associate files with Dolphin, you essentially have to disable portable mode?

That's strange, because other emulators like DeSmuME are completely portable, but don't have this issue...

**LPFaint99** · (This post was last modified: 06-12-2011, 06:58 AM by LPFaint99.)

yes as of the current svn code it is necessary to have a single file in %appdata%

changing the registry ( ie adding a file association ) breaks portability in the sense that you leave a trace of the program :p

I'll commit a better solution somewhat soon, no one ever complains about it so I never thought about it

EDIT: Commit as of r7593, try it out