G TALK SECRET PARAMETERS

There are a few secret parameters you can add to Google Talk and make it function differently. Following is the list of parameters

/nomutex: This allows you to open more than one instance of Google Talk
/autostart: Starts on it's own.
/forcestart: It forces it to start no matter what option was set.
/factoryreset: set settings back to default.
/S upgrade: Used when upgrading Google Talk
/register: This registers Google Talk in the registry, includig GMail Compose method.
/checkupdate: This keeps on checking for newer versions
/plaintextauth: It makes use of plain authentication mechanism instead then Google's GAIA mechanism.
/nogaiaauth: This disables GAIA authentication method. The same as above.
/gaiaserver servername.com: uses a different GAIA server to connect to Google Talk. Used for debug purposes only, there are no other known GAIA servers.
/mailto email@host.com: send an email with Gmail
/diag: start Google Talk in diagnostic mode

Most of them can be ued in the following way

Rifgt- click on the desktop.
Select "New " >>>"Shortcut"
Now browse through "My COMPUTER">>>"C:/">>>>"Program Files">>>>"Google">>"Google Talk">>>"Gtalk.exe"
Now add the extention that you want.
eg:- "......../gtalk.exe"/log.