Name: Insanity’s Oblivion Launcher (ISOBL)
Version: 3.1
Date: 24/05/2010
Category: Utilities
Author: InsanitySorrow
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Requirements:
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.Net Framework 2.0

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Description:
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Insanity’s Oblivion Launcher or ISOBL for short is an application designed to effortlessly launch multiple applications with a simple click of a button.
The amount of available launch options is quite high and covers most of the most used modding tools, as well as Oblivion and the Construction Set.

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Details:
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When running ISOBL for the first time it will generate an INI file, this file is a pre-save INI meaning that it is suggested you restart ISOBL after it the INI has been generated so it can default some settings.

Now after that is done, be sure to use the Directories option and set the directories for Oblivion and the modding tools you use. Once you have done that use the INI Options to save the INI file, all settings will be saved.

Aside from the ability to launch modding tools, Oblivion and the Construction set, ISOBL can do other things too.

INI Tools:

Backup INI
Restore Backup
Open INI

Websites:

ISOBL has the ability to launch some of the more common and popular websites, I.e. gamesas Forums, TES Alliance and TES Nexus to name a few. It also has a couple of other helpful links for the likes of the BOSS Masterlist, OBSE and Wrye Musings.

Custom Launch:

On top of the in-built options there are 6 custom launch options. Two of these are custom Application launch options allowing you to select two apps that ISOBL will be able to launch; these can be changed at anytime.
The other four are custom folder launchings, i.e. you can set shortcuts to some of your most used folders, like the Data folder or a screenshots folder for example.

ISOBL will keep track of the Application or Folder name as well as the path; ISOBL will also place the names on the launch buttons too.

Launcher Music:

ISOBL like many other launch apps can play the Oblivion launcher music when it’s opened; the difference here is that with ISOBL you can set the music you want to play. In the settings Tab you will find an option to set your chosen music file.

Note: To cut down on requirements and distributed files, ISOBL currently only supports WAV files.
Auto-Detect:

A new feature added to ISOBL is an Auto-Detect feature which will attempt to detect your Oblivion Install and your MyGames folder.

This new feature is limited to these two detections currently, but future plans are to expand this further.

Default Tab:

Using the settings tab it’s now possible to set a default tab for ISOBL. The Default tab is the tab that is shown when ISOBL loads. The default tab is the Tools Tab.

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Installation
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1. Extract ISOBL.EXE and ReadMe from the Archive
2. Run ISOBL.EXE

Tip: Extract the exe to your oblivion directory and create a shortcut of it to the desktop, this way the ISOBL.ini won’t take space on the desktop. Or alternatively you can hide the ISOBL.ini from its properties.

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Un-Installation:
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1. Delete EXE
2. Delete the ISOBL.ini file

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Upgrade:
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Remove the older version before using the new one.

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History:
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25/05/2010 – v3.1.0 – Bug Fixes and a few new additions:

Fix - Directory menus loosing data
Fix – Auto-Exit
Addition - Custom Folder buttons can now be re-named using the INI file
Addition – Auto-Detect (Limited)
Addition – Settable Default Tab

19/05/2010 - v3.0.0 - A Complete rebuild, completely re-designed & coded
19/10/2009 - v2.1.1 - Added in Missing Modding Tools Folders
17/10/2009 - v2.1 - Fixed Photoshop issue that arose for some users, added 3DS Max launch button
17/10/2009 - v2.0 - Version 2 Released
14/10/2009 - v1.2 - Fixed CS launching bugs left by version 1.1, also fixed some more Bash bugs
14/10/2009 - v1.1 - Fixed an issue with Wrye Bash and OBMM install path detection
14/09/2009 - Initial Release


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Contact:
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You can contact me at any of the below with the user name InsanitySorrow:

TES Alliance
TES Nexus
BGS Forums

The best place to contact me is on TES Alliance, I am not as active on the other sites as I am there.

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Credits:
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Thanks to Bethesda for creating Oblivion.
Thanks to my testers, without them I’m sure ISOBL would have had a lot of bugs.
Testers:
DsoS
Darkstone
Xinimator
Galvon

Thanks to everyone who download ISOBL and has supported it.

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Tools Used:
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Visual Basic 2008 Express
Insanity's ReadMe Generator.
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Licensing/Legal:
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Please do not re-host this file without my explicit permission. DO NOT claim this to be yours or steal any ideas/code from it.

Thanks for the awsome utility! Makes your desktop a lot cleaner, when there's only one shortcut not ~5!

Insanity here's something you should add to the readme:

Tip: Extract the exe to your oblivion directory and create a shortcut of it to the desktop, this way the Isobl - Settings won't take space on the desktop. Or altrenatively you can hide the Isobl - Settings from it's properties.

Yet another wonderful addition to your ever growing list of apps IS! :foodndrink: Keep this up and you're going to make Oblivion convenient and easy for everyone! LOL Nicely done!

I would probably try the app. except.... I would like to know if this is this open source and can we look at the code and/or compile on our own? I am a little leary of any .exe, .dll, etc... download. By the way I like your pet shop mod.

First I would just say that my Apps are all safe , They will not harm your machine.

But Yeah if you want the source code just PM me, this way I know who is getting it , forgot to state in my readme, but all my apps have the source code available.

What are the path differences when loading the CS with and without OBSE?
Just curious.

Could you post the full path in windows. I'm trying to get my logitech G11 keyboard to launch it.

C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\obse_loader.exe-editor
C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\obse_loader-TESConstructionSet.exe
C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\obse_loader-editor.exe ???

doesn't seem to work

Try "C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\obse_loader.exe" -editor

Thanks for reporting Nico , I have fixed the bugs and updated the App to version 1.1. DL link is in the OP.