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[mrc2]

i got evox v1.8.458 installed.
all i need to do is get it to link to the orig msdash

can anyone PLEASE tell me how to do the menu.ini file to make it work?

i got the menu.ini file in the xbox c drive along with the orig dash renamed msdash.xbe , but can't get to the orig msdash....what else do i have to do?
what am i missing ....can ANYONE help?  thanks to all                                    

[BenJeremy]

IIRC, it was "msxboxdash.xbe"                                    

[Col.Havoc]

Try updating your evox.

Latest is 1.8.2812

Use that one instead.                                    

[BenJeremy]

The old one will work, if that's what he wants to use...

the old one would automatically find and link the original dashboard if it was renamed to "msxboxdash.xbe"                                    

[mrc2]

this is what my menu.ini file looks like
what could be the problem that i can't get to the original ms dash

its renamed correctly#tDoBIOS=1,
#tDoFlashBIOS=2,
#tDoDash=3,
#tDoLaunchMenu=4,
#tDoReboot=5,
#tDoNetwork=6,
#tDoHarddisk=7,
#tDoLaunch=8,


Section "Root"
{

   Item "MS Dashboard",@3
   Item "Reboot",@5

   Section "System Utils"
   {
      Item "Network",@6
      Item "Harddisk",@7
      Item "Flash BIOS",@1

   }

   Section "Launch Menu"
   {
      Section "Games"
      {
         Item "Halo","f:\games\halo\default.xbe"
         Item "Halo 2","f:\games\burnout\default.xbe"
         AutoAddItem "e:\games\"
         AutoAddItem "f:\games\"
         

      }

      Section "Apps"
      {

         AutoAddItem "e:\apps\"
         AutoAddItem "f:\apps\"
      }
   }
}


                                   

[BenJeremy]

Like I said, it has to be named "msxboxdash.xbe" for evo-x to find it.

Do you even see my posts??!!?!??!?                                        

[mrc2]

i have my original dash named msxboxdash.xbe
but still can't get to the msdash.  ?                                    

[BenJeremy]

Here's a link to an early thread regarding linking in the original dash.

Of course, if you accidently ran the Live update, you are probably screwed.                                    

[wiseblood]

Here is your menu.ini file, but I have added in the link to your original dash for you, in red:
#tDoBIOS=1,
#tDoFlashBIOS=2,
#tDoDash=3,
#tDoLaunchMenu=4,
#tDoReboot=5,
#tDoNetwork=6,
#tDoHarddisk=7,
#tDoLaunch=8,


Section "Root"
{
Item "Original Dashboard","c:\msxboxdash.xbe"

Item "MS Dashboard",@3
Item "Reboot",@5

Section "System Utils"
{
Item "Network",@6
Item "Harddisk",@7
Item "Flash BIOS",@1

}

Section "Launch Menu"
{
Section "Games"
{
Item "Halo","f:\games\halo\default.xbe"
Item "Halo 2","f:\games\burnout\default.xbe"
AutoAddItem "e:\games\"
AutoAddItem "f:\games\"


}

Section "Apps"
{

AutoAddItem "e:\apps\"
AutoAddItem "f:\apps\"
}
}
}

You can just copy and paste this over into your menu.ini file. However, if you are running Live, or if you are planning on getting it in the future, then linking to the M-icrosoft dash from EvoX is not really a safe move, as you can accidentally drop to the Xbox dash and have it be inadvertently  updated with Live while your modchip is on, and this will screw things up for you in a big way. Bye-bye Live access, as your system will possibly be flagged, and you will no longer to be able to connect. Live will also look to update 'xboxdash.xbe", and since that is what you probably have re-named the EvoX dash to, then Live will update that and totally mess it all up for you. I would recommend a "ybox" bios, that way you can keep your Xbox dash named the same: "xboxdash.xbe", and you can name the EvoX dash "yboxdash.xbe"......get it?

BenJeremy alluded to this earlier, so just watch your step with Live and the EvoX dash.                                    

This post has been edited by wiseblood: Nov 29 2002, 01:21 AM

[mrc2]

thx guys ,
you have been a big help