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Slideshow Folder Determines what pictures to use when the screensaver is set to Slideshow mode.
Randomize When enabled, will randomize the pictures displayed in Slideshow Mode.
Advanced Settings
All advanced settings (or 'power-user' settings) can not be accessed from the Graphical User Interface, this is to
prevent normal end-users from messing up XBMC by more than they need to. To change/edit advanced settings
or configurations you must manually edit XML-files (special formatted text-files) on your computer via a
standard text-editor and then transfer them to your XBMC system. For more information see the Advanced
Configuration section of the on-line XBMC manual.
Resetting XBMC settings to default
You are able reset all XBMC settings that are accessible from XBMC's GUI (Graphical User Interface) to the
default settings, (which can be useful if you changed something that messed up XBMC so that you cannot access
the GUI to change the setting back).
On the PC ports you are able to delete guisettings.xml in your Userdata folder.
For XBox: Hold down both thumbsticks (clicked) when launching or booting XBMC. This will cause a screen to
pop up asking you if you want to reset your settings (including the active skin) to the system defaults.
The only settings not reset by this method is the Master lock code, and the advanced settings only accessible via
manual edit of XML-files, (such as advancedsettings.xml, Keymap.xml, LCD.xml, RssFeeds.xml and
PartyMode.xml).
HOW-TO install and use scripts in XBMC
Plugins versus Scripts confusion
Please do not confuse "Plugins" with "Scripts". Unlike the Scripts, Plugins are not meant to be directly invoked
by the user. Instead, Plugins are automatically invoked when the user enters such a virtual folder. Do not try to
run Plugins files from the scripts window as that will only give you some weird error message. Plugins, unlike
Scripts, do not really provide new functionality to XBMC, instead what they do do is provide an easy way to
present content listings in XBMC through the native graphical user interface.
Finding and Adding Scripts
When you download and compile the XBMC SVN source code, there will already be some scripts inside of the
Scripts folder. If you want more scripts that you may have heard of or seen somewhere, they can be added using
the SVN Repo Installer, found under Programs,then in Program Plugins.
Removing Pre-Installed Scripts
Several scripts could be packaged with your XBMC by default, this depends on the build/package you have. To
remove these pre-installed scripts delete them from the Scripts folder within the XBMC directory.