Lifejacket installs 4 plugins by default these are enabled with a file.
If memory serves me right it is in the AHP folder and called plugins.xml...
If you add only the line coresponding to SmartMacros it will be activated.
Thanks Tuicemen! This worked, and I seem to be up an running at last. One note: Most of the links in this thread to "
http://tuicemen.com/forum/..." are broken, and the material seems to have been moved to "
http://forums.tuicemen.net/index.php."
FYI the file is "ahp_plugin.xml" and it's in the C:\Program Files (x86)\ActiveHome Pro folder (unless this folder was moved to C:\ActiveHome Pro, as you suggested I do for Windows 10
after running Lifejacket). The same file can also be found in the C:\AHPLifejacket folder that was created by running Lifejacket. Interestingly the contents of this file in
both folders are identical and appear to depend on which plug-ins were checked when Lifejacket was run.
In my case, however, that file on my new Win10 machine was empty, I presume because I had erroneously unchecked all plugins. Fortunately my old Win7 machine had a copy of this file with the only the SmartMacros plugin registered (the only one I need), so I didn't have to re-run Lifejacket. Copying that file over to the new machine and using it to replace the version of that file in the ActiveHome Pro folder did indeed register that plug-in for me. (Perhaps a better approach would have been to leave all the plug-ins that are checked by default in Lifejacket checked and then, if necessary later on, to edit the version of ahp_plugin.xml in the C:\Program Files (x86)\ActiveHome Pro folder to eliminate unwanted plug-ins?)
Before I forget all of these details, I offer the following notes on my eventual success running Lifejacket on the Win10 machine in hopes that they may help others and serve as notes to myself for future need. This is not to say that the instructions provided in Lifejacket are incorrect, only that (1) I got confused following them and (2) certain difficulties are unique to Windows 10:
A) AHP must be installed in the default location (C:\Program Files (x86)\ActiveHome Pro) or Lifejacket will not be able to find files that it needs to modify. Don't guess, as I did, that the best way to end up with it in C:\ActiveHome Pro (to avoid Windows 10 security features) is to install it there in the first place! Instead move the entire folder there
after running Lifejacket.
B) Before running Lifejacket, run the "vol" command from the Command Prompt and copy down the 8-Hex-digit "Volume Serial Number" (Lifejacket calls it the "Volume ID" or "Drive ID") of the C: drive. If you have SSD drives like me, Lifejacket may not be able to read it to store in its "OldVolume ID.txt" file for restoration later. (This may be indicated by the "Volume Serial Number" listed at the top of the Lifejacket window being blank.) Fortunately, after running the first sequence of Lifejacket steps, it's easy to edit the serial number you copied into this file. The format should be like "1C47-9110" followed by one (or two?) new lines.
C) Restart your computer before first running Lifejacket, always run it explicitly "as Administrator," and always restart your PC after each sequence of Lifejacket steps has been completed. You will have to run it twice, first following the first set of 5 steps in its readme file to register AHP and second following the second set of 7 steps to restore your original volume serial number (if you bother to do this). Note in (B) above that you may need to have recorded the original serial number in order to accomplish the restoration.
D) When you run Lifejacket for the first time and click the "Change Id" button, don't be surprised if you have to accept the terms of use of SysInternals (a safe Microsoft product) in order for Lifejacket to run the VolumeID program from that suite. (It's included in Lifejacket; you don't have to download it.) If you have enabled the Controlled Folder Access security feature in Windows 10, as I did, you will probably also have to permit C:\AHPLifejacket\volumeid.exe in the blocked-program fly-out message in order for Lifejacket to run to completion.
E) The next thing that confused me, after clicking "WriteAHP Register Files" in Lifejacket, was that Lifejacket never closed itself. I wondered if this meant something had gone wrong, but apparently that's just the way it behaves. I had to close it manually.
F) In the second set of Lifejacket steps, after opening ActiveHome Pro and verifying that it indeed is now registered, you then have to run Lifejacket (as Administrator) again before continuing. (If it had a problem reading your original Volume Serial number, then you should have completed (B) above before getting this far.) When you get to Lifejacket step 5, note that the instructions in Lifejacket versions earlier than 1.0.1.4 are in error. This step should read, "
Don't Start x10nets."
G) Finally, although clearly stated in step 7 of the instructions, don't forget to restart the PC after closing Lifejacket.
H) If you're running Windows 10, it's probably necessary to move the AHP program folder out of the Program Files (x86) folder, as mentioned in (A) above. Don't forget to correct your shortcuts to the program, both on the desktop (if you made one) and in the Start menu. (In Windows 10 the latter can be done by right-clicking that "shortcut," selecting More/Open File Location, right-clicking the shortcut that's visible there, and selecting Properties.)
I hope this helps somebody else to navigate this valuable program successfully. We all owe Tuicemen a big thank-you for enabling our continued use of AHP and the CM15A into the future! -- jclarkw
