[jp2code]

Whenever Kodi starts up, is there any way to configure it to start in a particular spot?

For example, I would like Kodi to always automatically go to Videos > Files.

If that setting exists already, I have not been able to find it.

Thanks

[Karellen]

Use autoexec.py (wiki) and add the following

xml:
import xbmc

xbmc.executebuiltin('ActivateWindow(Videos,sources://video/,return)')

[DarrenHill]

I think some skins also have a configuration setting for this.

[jp2code]

Use autoexec.py (wiki) and add the following

xml:
import xbmc

xbmc.executebuiltin('ActivateWindow(Videos,sources://video/,return)')

  
That sounds interesting. I'll have to read up on autoexec.py.

I think some skins also have a configuration setting for this.

  
I was pretty sure I had this set in the past. Maybe it was Confluence.

[jp2code]

Use autoexec.py (wiki) and add the following

xml:
import xbmc

xbmc.executebuiltin('ActivateWindow(Videos,sources://video/,return)')

  
So, do I need to install anything to get 'autoexec.py' to run, or is it already built into Kodi (just drop a text file in the UserData folder)?

[Karellen]

Ready to run. Kodi searches for that file at startup

[DarrenHill]

Under Estuary and Confluence/Xonfluence it's in settings > interface > startup > start window

That can start in videos, but not videos > files.

[Karellen]

For example, I would like Kodi to always automatically go to Videos > Files.

Under Estuary and Confluence/Xonfluence it's in settings > interface > startup > start window

But that does not give the option to get to Videos>Files. The closest option is Videos, so the user still has to scroll and select to get where s/he wants to be.

[DarrenHill]

Yup, as I noted in parallel whilst you were posting

Just wanted to add where the option is in the skins for anyone else who might want something similar.

[jp2code]

I'm running Kodi from the Microsoft Windows 10 Store. Instead of this path:

WindowsStart - type %APPDATA%\kodi\userdata - press <Enter>

I found it here (after doing a search and not realizing it was in the wiki https://kodi.wiki/view/Userdata):

Windows UWP %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\XBMCFoundation.Kodi_4n2hpmxwrvr6p\LocalCache\Roaming\Kodi\

I created a Text file with this content:

xml:
import xbmc

xbmc.executebuiltin('ActivateWindow(Videos,sources://video/,return)')

Saved the file in the "...\Roaming\Kodi" folder, renamed it to "autoexec.py", and launched Kodi.

It didn't work.

Did I miss a step?

For now, I'm running what DarrenHill pointed out. That gets me pretty close.

[DarrenHill]

The location and file structure look right, but I'm not sure the arguments in ActivateWindow are right.

See autoexec.py (wiki) and Window_IDs (wiki) for more details, maybe videos instead of Videos for example? The pages and links from them might help.

[Karellen]

It didn't work.

Did I miss a step?

I just tested it on Win10 v17.6 and it works here. It took me straight into my list of Sources.

xml:
Windows UWP %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\XBMCFoundation.Kodi_4n2hpmxwrvr6p\LocalCache\Roaming\Kodi\

Should be saved in

xml:
Windows UWP %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\XBMCFoundation.Kodi_4n2hpmxwrvr6p\LocalCache\Roaming\Kodi\userdata

Has to be saved in the Userdata folder, not where the Userdata folder is saved. Same place where guisettings.xml, sources.xml and others are saved

[jp2code]

Has to be saved in the Userdata folder, not where the Userdata folder is saved. Same place where guisettings.xml, sources.xml and others are saved 

  
Bingo!

That was it.

Thanks Karellen!

[Karellen]

Great. I'll mark this solved.

Thread marked solved.

[Karellen]

The method described in this thread no longer works.

Please use this method... https://kodi.wiki/view/Autoexec_Service