Open EmulationStation from within Kodi and reload Kodi when closed

[ptom98]

Hi Guys,

New to AHK, so please forgive if this is something obvious.

I'm running Kodi and have created a simple addon for it that runs a AHK script, the idea being that it;

1. Minimises Kodi
2. Displays a splash screen to go over any command line/windows desktop screens
3. Loads EmulationStation
4. Waits until it's closed
5. Maximise Kodi
6. Remove the splash screen.

So far I have this;

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Send {Backspace}
SplashImage, C:\wallpaper.png, b w1920 h1080 zw1920 zh1080
WinMinimize, Kodi
RunWait, emulationstation.exe
WinMaximize Kodi
SplashImage, Off

Now the problem I have is that when a ROM is selected I think it triggers the RunWait as technically emulationstation.exe has stopped and retroarch.exe is now running. Not sure how to proceed. Annoyingly it works perfectly if I RunWait retroarch.exe but the interface isn't as nice as emulationstation. Any ideas?

[Freire]

From what you say, you could simply run the emulationstation and wait for retroarch to close.

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Run, emulationstation.exe
Process, Wait, retroarch.exe
Process, WaitClose, retroarch.exe

[Cynthia1991]

Are there any guides you used to set up the Steam and EmulationStation shortcuts into kodi media player?