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Marvel-Kid

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Join Date: Feb 2009

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22 Dec 2009 at 05:28 - 1

Ok...this is completely legal. The purpose of this, is to enter GW w/o having to type pw, acc name, and now, the character name.

-For those who know how to do it already, the new security line is "-character (character name) "

-For those who don't: Open up the properties of your GW icon. You will see a line like this:

Mine is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Guild Wars\Gw.exe"

Add:

-email (email address) [at the end of 'Gw.exe']

right after the address put 1 space. next type in:

-password (your password here)

and the last one, -character "Bob" (use your character name)

After everything is done it should look like this
Where your GW is\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -email [email protected] -password 123456 -character "Bob"

Have fun!

upier

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Done.

[JUNK]

22 Dec 2009 at 05:34 - 2

Sweet!
I just bitched about this a few minutes ago in the other thread!

Thanks for the info!

EDIT:
Ohh! Just read the other thread.
After reading this, I was under the impression that this is a feature you can use WITHOUT the multi-launch client!

Shy Guy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2009

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22 Dec 2009 at 05:40 - 3

Eh it's not working for me D: o well

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

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bumble bee

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22 Dec 2009 at 05:41 - 4

can't hackers retrieve those info from the computer?

Shy Guy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2009

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22 Dec 2009 at 05:44 - 5

Edit: What PuppyEater said

PuppyEater

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

I'm on the left...

Guilds? Where we're going we don't need guilds...

R/Rt

22 Dec 2009 at 05:45 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by pumpkin pie

can't hackers retrieve those info from the computer?

If someone got that far in they could probably do a lot more harm than just emptying your GW account...

Marvel-Kid

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22 Dec 2009 at 05:49 - 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by upier

Sweet!
I just bitched about this a few minutes ago in the other thread!

Thanks for the info!

EDIT:
Ohh! Just read the other thread.
After reading this, I was under the impression that this is a feature you can use WITHOUT the multi-launch client!

yeah you can. No program but GW needed

Shy Guy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2009

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22 Dec 2009 at 05:54 - 8

I'm confused.......I tried it in this format but it isn't working.

"C:........." Email(space)password(space)character name

And when gw pops up, its like nothing has changed.....just has the email and sec. question from remember me.

upier

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Done.

[JUNK]

22 Dec 2009 at 05:55 - 9

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marvel-Kid

yeah you can. No program but GW needed

Great!
Haven't logged into GW for almost a week now so I was relying on the info people here shared.

(What's the "-mce" command for btw?)

Gift3d

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2007

Las Vegas

Enraged Whiny Carebears [oR]

W/E

22 Dec 2009 at 06:05 - 10

i just clicked remember character name. didn't have to change any parameters.

Quote:

Originally Posted by upier

Great!
Haven't logged into GW for almost a week now so I was relying on the info people here shared.

(What's the "-mce" command for btw?)

for media center editions of windows. it keeps popping back up unless you make your shortcut read-only

karlik

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2009

22 Dec 2009 at 06:05 - 11

Thx Marvel-Kid

A couple quick things for those who couldn't get it to work.

I use the -dsound switch. For some reason it had to go at the end of the string.

I may be wrong here, but I believe the (x86) part is only for folks with a 64bit OS - if you're still running 32 bit OS it would just be -
"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -email [email protected] -password 123456 -character Bob
If the x86 part isn't there to begin with, don't add it - it's not required.

Bob Slydell

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

22 Dec 2009 at 06:14 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by pumpkin pie

can't hackers retrieve those info from the computer?

The only EASY was would be to hack you through a wireless network, brute force your way into the network if it is pass-worded (if it isnt, easier) and then force their way onto your HDD (even if filesharing is off) and then they can look at the shortcut. If you did it with a runline command from the start>run they wouldn't be able to find it as easy because runlines are stored in the registry and you can't mod the registry or open it's main file while that target machine is booted into Windows.

Basically if you are on wireless, password it or just run wired only, its safer.

If someone hacks you locally (wirelessely) they are close by just call the cops, hahaha.

karlik

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2009

22 Dec 2009 at 06:27 - 13

HMMMMM -
Now that I've worked with it a bit more...

I have 2 accounts. I made a shortcut for my main that worked just fine. Then couldn't get one for the second account to work. I tried doing a manual login on the secondary so it would remember the character name. Now the shortcut for the secondary works, but the one for the main is broke.
In short - it only works if I have the correct character name saved from a prior logon.

Fril Estelin

So Serious...

Join Date: Jan 2007

London

Nerfs Are [WHAK]

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22 Dec 2009 at 07:50 - 14

Put double quotes around your character name (or else the second part of your name will be interpreted as a command switch). E.g., -character "Bob The Builder"

Jongo River

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

22 Dec 2009 at 08:59 - 15

Doesn't work for me - already tried quotes, brackets etc. Nothing.

I suspect this only "works" for people who've already asked GW to remember a character at login.

Yawgmoth

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

22 Dec 2009 at 09:17 - 16

Been always using the -password thing for a quick login, but I can't get the -character switch to work in any way. Tried a bazillion of combinations and I always get 'GW can't recognize my login information'.
Now I can get my GW client to rememer the character name in itself, and then I can put just any character name in the command line and it always logs in with the one I've put in the client. I can even type a nonexistant character name in the command line and it still logs in...
Are you sure the switch is -character ?

Paradise Lost

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2009

UK

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22 Dec 2009 at 09:51 - 17

Works for me. This is what i always use:

-Character=Char name

You don't need brackets of any of that silly stuff, just a plain old equals sign.

Daesu

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2008

22 Dec 2009 at 17:06 - 18

Just did a binary scan on Gw.exe and as far as I can tell, there isn't a command line option for the character name as there are for the email and password.

acceptable command line options seem to be:

authsrv
bmp
diag
dx8
email
fps
image
map
mce
password
perf
port
repair
resetmap
noshaders
nosound
mute
noui
sndasio
sndfastbuf
sndmultispk
sndwinmm
uninstall
update
windowed
exit

Chthon

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Apr 2007

22 Dec 2009 at 17:13 - 19

Quote:

Originally Posted by pumpkin pie

can't hackers retrieve those info from the computer?

Yes. If someone can get sufficient privileges to drop and execute their keylogger, they can just as easily drop and execute something to read out this info from your shortcut command. It's 6 of one or half a dozen of the other.

chessyang

Not far from Elite

Join Date: Apr 2006

Florida

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22 Dec 2009 at 17:38 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marvel-Kid

Have fun!

sweet thanks,

and the comment about hackers getting account name from the computer. oh goodness.

if they had your computer like PuppyEater said i won't worry about GW (virtual goods) but rather other (real) sensitive info on your PC/Laptop

Gigashadow

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2005

Bellevue, WA

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22 Dec 2009 at 17:38 - 21

Setting your character name via the command line works just fine:

gw.exe -email [email protected] -password yourpassword -character "your name"

(use quotes on the character part, as above)

Marvel-Kid

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22 Dec 2009 at 17:56 - 22

Quote:

Originally Posted by karlik

Thx Marvel-Kid

A couple quick things for those who couldn't get it to work.

I use the -dsound switch. For some reason it had to go at the end of the string.

I may be wrong here, but I believe the (x86) part is only for folks with a 64bit OS - if you're still running 32 bit OS it would just be -
"C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -email [email protected] -password 123456 -character Bob
If the x86 part isn't there to begin with, don't add it - it's not required.

Yes thanks for clearing that up. Sorry I didn't communicate properly.

As for the new security line just put -character (character name)

I was just fooling around for 5 min typing in -security, -security question, etc. until I said "I'll try character" and it worked so.
You don't need these [ ], { }, or ( ) None of that stuff.

Daesu

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2008

22 Dec 2009 at 18:01 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gigashadow

Setting your character name via the command line works just fine:

gw.exe -email [email protected] -password yourpassword -character "your name"

(use quotes on the character part, as above)

Doesn't work when I tried it. Be it quotes or brackets or whatever. There is no character command line option.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chthon

Yes. If someone can get sufficient privileges to drop and execute their keylogger, they can just as easily drop and execute something to read out this info from your shortcut command. It's 6 of one or half a dozen of the other.

Or they can simply read the shortcut files that you have created on your desktop since you have specified them as command line options.

My advice: Don't create shortcut files with your email, password, and character name if you want a tighter security for your GW account credentials.

karlik

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2009

22 Dec 2009 at 18:26 - 24

Quotes on the character name not working for me. Only works if I have already logged in on that account and the new character name is filled in; if I try to change accounts (or uncheck the remember option) it fails.

Pesonally, I'd like to make it work. I don't think a keylogger would see the info, so if they get in deep enough to read my shortcut I got bigger problems.

headlesshobbs

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

22 Dec 2009 at 18:55 - 25

I'm pretty sure you have worse chances with your security while actually typing your pw during login rather then having a script set up to take care of that. If keeping it on desktop is also a concern, maybe another location would be sufficient?

Marvel-Kid

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Join Date: Feb 2009

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22 Dec 2009 at 20:29 - 26

I'll post pics on how to do this real soon -:-:-:-:-

Anon-e-mouse

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

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R/Mo

22 Dec 2009 at 20:34 - 27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daesu

My advice: Don't create shortcut files with your email, password, and character name if you want a tighter security for your GW account credentials.

Unless you are the type to let anyone and everyone free access to your PC, you are completely safe creating shortcuts. And it's safer than typing as the info is already there, so no typing for keyloggers to see.

That said, they NEED to add the option of putting the character name as a parameter, NOTHING is working here, in quotes, no quotes,with ='s, no ='s nothing. And with 6 accounts this is going to get to be a fecking PITA real quick, because the very last thing you can do is click 'Remember character'.

deviated

Banned

Join Date: Aug 2009

R/Mo

22 Dec 2009 at 20:38 - 28

the equals sign works fine with me

Anon-e-mouse

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

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R/Mo

22 Dec 2009 at 21:05 - 29

After reading what you said, I just tried

-character "Char Name"
-character Char Name
-character=Char Name
-character="Char Name"
-character= Char Name
and -character= "Char Name"

Not one of them worked, and yes I am entering the right name.

Marvel-Kid

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22 Dec 2009 at 23:06 - 30

just put in

-character Bob The Awesome

NO quotations or parentheses, or equal signs.

Replace "Bob The Awesome" with your character name.

1. Place the GW icon on desktop (easiest) no hackers can't look at it. If they can you've got bigger probs then a gw character dump.

2. Open the properties of the icon.

3. delete what you see

4. paste "C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -email [email protected] -password 123456 -character Bob

The WHOLE thing.

change the info for your info.

My New Name

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2008

22 Dec 2009 at 23:11 - 31

i dont get what you do here exactly?
you do all those stuff then what changes? when you lauch gw email/pass/char name are already filled?

Coverticus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Zodiac Elites [TZE]

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22 Dec 2009 at 23:16 - 32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marvel-Kid

3. delete what you see

4. paste "C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\Gw.exe" -email [email protected] -password 123456 -character Bob

The WHOLE thing.

change the info for your info.

Marvel, careful here - some will have installed outside of the default install location (e.g a games drive, which is what I have) or will be running 64bit (thus it being "C:\Program Files (x64)\Guild Wars\GW.EXE"), providing of course C:\ is the drive letter being used.

I couldn't get mine to work until I tried an -image. Now works fine, so people might want to try this as well if they cannot get this to work.

Marvel-Kid

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22 Dec 2009 at 23:39 - 33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coverticus

Marvel, careful here - some will have installed outside of the default install location (e.g a games drive, which is what I have) or will be running 64bit (thus it being "C:\Program Files (x64)\Guild Wars\GW.EXE"), providing of course C:\ is the drive letter being used.

I couldn't get mine to work until I tried an -image. Now works fine, so people might want to try this as well if they cannot get this to work.

True...

Just make sure you keep the beginning I guess. It's extremely simple. I'll post pics to help u guys out as soon as my computer with Corel photoshop stops bugging up.

Marvel-Kid

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22 Dec 2009 at 23:40 - 34

Quote:

Originally Posted by My New Name

i dont get what you do here exactly?
you do all those stuff then what changes? when you lauch gw email/pass/char name are already filled?

-yes, and you don't have to type it in again unless you change your PW or you delete/change the name of your character.

karlik

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2009

23 Dec 2009 at 00:45 - 35

I just ran -image and still no joy.
Do those of you who have it working have more than one account?

I have a main account with a character named bob smith. I have a second account with a character named bill jones. IF I have logged into the bob smith account and checked save info, then the shorcut for the bob smith account logs me in just fine.

But, if I log into the bill jones account then log out, the shortcut for bob smith no longer works until I have manually logged into it once so the character name bob smith is there.

And even after the -image my GW.exe file is unchanged - version 1.0.0.1.

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

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23 Dec 2009 at 02:05 - 36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrisworld

The only EASY was would be to hack you through a wireless network, brute force your way into the network if it is pass-worded (if it isnt, easier) and then force their way onto your HDD (even if filesharing is off) and then they can look at the shortcut. If you did it with a runline command from the start>run they wouldn't be able to find it as easy because runlines are stored in the registry and you can't mod the registry or open it's main file while that target machine is booted into Windows.

Basically if you are on wireless, password it or just run wired only, its safer.

If someone hacks you locally (wirelessely) they are close by just call the cops, hahaha.

I'll just use the On-Screen Keyboard

and won't be lazy

karlik

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2009

23 Dec 2009 at 02:08 - 37

WHOOOOO HOOO

With the latest update it now works - wiki says use quotes around character name "bob smith"

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Command_line_arguments

Daesu

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2008

23 Dec 2009 at 02:48 - 38

Quote:

Originally Posted by karlik

WHOOOOO HOOO

With the latest update it now works - wiki says use quotes around character name "bob smith"

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Command_line_arguments

Yup they just added it today. Like I said, it wasn't supported early this morning.

Note: OP posted this yesterday when the character command line option wasn't in yet.

Marvel-Kid

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2009

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23 Dec 2009 at 05:41 - 39

well, I found out b4 it came out, haha

Anon-e-mouse

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

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R/Mo

23 Dec 2009 at 08:21 - 40

You may have "found it", but it just plain didn't work for those of us with multiple accounts until after the update.

Still I'm very glad it got fixed, so now all is right.. now if only a certain chest would spit out a certain gold item...

/dreamon