if your after a method of doing batch files without the batch files your best bet is visual basic - its easy to learn and almost as powerfull as c++. the font converter in my sig launches the actual font converter as if it were being done with a batch file - it just passes the correct parameters to the file - its not perfect but it is easier than making a huge batch file because its simply a matter of constructing parameters to pass to the executeable your trying to call. if however your trying to do the whole programming (trying to code all the programs yourself) then you really have to go for a full blown language like c++. i havnt used the .NET stuff but i think its probably going to be more complex to learn - microsoft as a habit of taking what works and making it more complex and harder to use.

yeah i know the prx launcher stopped working and i am also looking out for a working one.

there is a way - that program can do it but its a metter of figurin out how the xmb is ordered. i have yet to get a decent result.

and yep zinga is the guy to ask about command line rco editing. i have a feeling that if it was that easy zinga woulda done that himself. but ill leave that to the master to explain :)