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==== Setting up for either manual or automatic running ==== | ==== Setting up for either manual or automatic running ==== | ||
There are 3 ways on Windows to create a way to run MX | There are 3 ways on Windows to create a way to run MX, you can't just click on the executable in file manager, because Windows needs to be told the path for loading all the related .dll files. | ||
#Create a shortcut on your desktop (and/or the taskbar) for the '''CumulusMX.exe''' executable <tt>cmd.exe /C start CumulusMX C:\CumulusMX\CumulusMX.exe -debug</tt>, the "-debug" is ''optional'', it starts the logging in debugging mode so the log created in MXDiags folder has more information. There are other optional parameters all listed later. | #Create a shortcut on your desktop (and/or the taskbar) for the '''CumulusMX.exe''' executable <tt>cmd.exe /C start CumulusMX C:\CumulusMX\CumulusMX.exe -debug</tt>, the "-debug" is ''optional'', it starts the logging in debugging mode so the log created in MXDiags folder has more information. There are other optional parameters all listed later. | ||
#*In that shortcut define the path where the executable is located as the path to start in. | #*In that shortcut define the path where the executable is located as the path to start in. |
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