[brityank]

Hello All; my apology for not realizing that there were more questions about this -- adding the switches to the GUI string. Here's what my Desktop Shortcut looks like:

Make a copy of your Startup link, and then Move that second link onto your Desktop. When you select "Properties" you get the following:

As you can see, I added the Switches [ -local -verbosity 9 -advmethods] right after the link in the Target window, then hit Apply and OK.

Now when you double click that Shortcut, F@H will start the GUI with those parameters and settle in your Tray with the little Molecule Icon. As texas booster noted, the 'normal' Windows Installer shoves it into your C:\Documents and Settings\[user_name]\Start Menu\[F@H_folder]\WinFAH.exe -- [Bracket items are your system dependent]. When I Installed it, I selected Install to: C:\ instead of the Program Files it normally uses.

Hope this clarifies it a little better.

Keep Folding !

[Looks as if ExtremeOverclocking Stats are back]

[texas booster]

Hey, that's actually clear. Even I can understand it.

You're hired!

[BreitbartSentMe]

Yea! By Jove, I think I’ve got it!

I used your instructions, locted my ‘flower’ in the startup folder (using Windwos Explorer), right-clicked to get the properties, and added the switches you listed, quit the running F@H instance, and restarted it from the updated shortuct and - voila! Success notes from my log! Thanks so much brityank!

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Launch directory: C:\Program Files\Folding@Home
Arguments: -local -verbosity 9 -advmethods

[17:06:11] - Ask before connecting: No
[17:06:11] - Use IE connection settings: Yes
[17:06:11] - User name: Bush_Democrat (Team 36120)
[17:06:11] - User ID: 4BE0449F296AB497
[17:06:11] - Machine ID: 1
[17:06:11]
[17:06:11] Loaded queue successfully.
[17:06:11] Initialization complete
[17:06:11] + Benchmarking ...
[17:06:14] The benchmark result is 3080
[17:06:14]
[17:06:14] + Processing work unit
[17:06:14] Core required: FahCore_78.exe
[17:06:14] - Autosending finished units...
[17:06:14] Trying to send all finished work units
[17:06:14] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[17:06:14] - Autosend completed
[17:06:14] Core found.
[17:06:14] Working on Unit 06 [May 14 17:06:14]
[17:06:14] + Working ...
[17:06:14] - Calling ‘FahCore_78.exe -dir work/ -suffix 06 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 272 -version 503’

[17:06:14]
[17:06:14] *———————————————*
[17:06:14] Folding@Home Gromacs Core
[17:06:14] Version 1.90 (March 8, 2006)
[17:06:14]
[17:06:14] Preparing to commence simulation
[17:06:14] - Looking at optimizations...
[17:06:14] - Files status OK
[17:06:38] - Expanded 3633740 -> 18750173 (decompressed 516.0 percent)
[17:06:40]
[17:06:40] Project: 2620 (Run 46, Clone 55, Gen 18)
[17:06:40]
[17:06:40] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[17:06:40] Entering M.D.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Hello All; my apology for not realizing that there were more questions about this -- adding the switches to the GUI string. Here's what my Desktop Shortcut looks like:

I figured out why some of us are getting errors. Your desktop doesn't look like mine, perhaps you are using Vista? I am using XP and the path for the shortcut comes in quotes. The mistake I (and anyone else getting the path not found error) was putting the switches in the quotes like this

"C:\Program Files\Folding@Home\winFAH.exe -verbosity 9 -advmethods"

The way to get the switches to work is by putting them after the quoted path, like this:

"C:\Program Files\Folding@Home\winFAH.exe" -verbosity 9 -advmethods

I guess I won't know if the switches actually work on the AMBER core until I start my next work unit, I figured this out in the middle of a run.

Now the next question is where do we find the list of available switches and what they do?

[colinhester]

Here are a few lines from my “log file.” Looks like the switches worked. I’m going to let this cycle finish before installing on my other machines. I hope this speeds up my progrees a bit. It’s hard to believe I’m pushing top 2% of all folders, but barely on the radar in this crowd......Colin

Launch directory: C:\Program Files\Folding@Home
Arguments: -local -verbosity 9 -advmethods

[06:50:30] - Ask before connecting: No
[06:50:30] - User name: colinhester (Team 36120)
[06:50:31] - User ID: 3C9E62717F93B887
[06:50:31] - Machine ID: 1
[06:50:31]
[06:50:31] Loaded queue successfully.
[06:50:31] Initialization complete
[06:50:31] + Benchmarking ...
[06:50:35] The benchmark result is 3472
[06:50:36]
[06:50:36] + Processing work unit
[06:50:36] - Autosending finished units...
[06:50:36] Trying to send all finished work units
[06:50:36] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[06:50:36] - Autosend completed
[06:50:36] Core required: FahCore_7c.exe
[06:50:36] Core found.
[06:50:36] Working on Unit 09 [July 7 06:50:36]
[06:50:36] + Working ...
[06:50:36] - Calling ‘FahCore_7c.exe -dir work/ -suffix 09 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 1760 -version 503’