Thanks acal, but that's not quite what I'm looking for.
I just want the game to start at the start menu. EEII had this option from a command line, something like "target: c:\program files\empire earth\ee2.exe /novid" or similar...
I can't remember what they were, and of course I've rebuilt my system like 12,583 times since then!!
Anyway...I've found that Esc gets me there as quickly as possible, so I guess that'll work!!
Thanks again...
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