hmm.. if i remember correctly, with the gvm desktop closed, i launched the emulator directly from the shortcut i made on personal launcher, but i was turned off by the fact that all apps requiring hotsync id's and passwords are back to their trial period states so i closed the emulator. i didn't modify any registration data.

then when i opened the gvm desktop, all my apps disappeared and i kept getting failed to refresh errors. i'm thinking that directly launching apps that require registration data somehow conflicts with the settings of the gvm desktop.

so no shortcuts for me