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@Draco, I will try and see what happens then post and update.

I am using an older hp desktop that I was going to toss which I turned into my mame bartop. It uses ddr2 memory so its pretty old intel chip and mb. As I have a new laptop. Call me cheap :) but I don't feel like investing in an old system. I did consider buying a video card to install but decided against it. I would have to get a pcie gen 1 video graphics card!!. Prehaps I may find them used cheap but decided not to spend the additional time on it.

Using version 10.18. I did leave it running for half and hour and it was still stuck at 25%.

@Tom, checked all my drivers and everything is okay. I am running mame 0.209 on older hardware. It is a limitation of my on board video. I did install an older version of Gamex which launches but hangs up while reading the listinfo.dat. Still stuck.

Thanks, will check my drivers and go from there.

Hi all newbie here. I setup Gamex and all the mame 0.209 directories within Game ex and I am getting this error "HRESULT: [0x8876086C], Module: [Unknown], ApiCode: [Unknown/Unknown], Message: Unknown". Any help in figuring out what is wrong will be appreciated. Here is the gameex log file: 11:10:38.45 1/20/2020: Opening Configuration File 11:10:42.52 1/20/2020: GameEx Arcade Edition x64: Version 16.04: Starting Log 11:10:47.23 1/20/2020: Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 64-bit 11:10:47.25 1/20/2020: Aero running 11:10:47.30 1/20/2020: Initializing Vista/Windows 7 volume control 11:10:47.59 1/20/2020: Getting CPU and RAM info 11:10:48.14 1/20/2020: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20GHz, 4015MB 11:10:48.40 1/20/2020: 2.19Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's 11:10:48.40 1/20/2020: Running Randomize() 11:10:50.14 1/20/2020: Loading PlugIns 11:10:50.74 1/20/2020: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 11:10:50.74 1/20/2020: Setting default net connection limit to 25 11:10:50.88 1/20/2020: Running Misc startup tasks 11:10:50.88 1/20/2020: Setting Menu types 11:10:50.92 1/20/2020: Getting Configuration Values 11:10:50.93 1/20/2020: Using Theme: Default - Default 11:10:50.93 1/20/2020: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default 11:10:50.93 1/20/2020: Launching HideOS.exe 11:10:50.93 1/20/2020: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 11:10:50.93 1/20/2020: CPWizard enabled 11:10:50.93 1/20/2020: GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance) 11:10:50.93 1/20/2020: Hiding Taskbar 11:10:51.10 1/20/2020: Is Media Center running? 11:10:51.10 1/20/2020: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 11:10:51.30 1/20/2020: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 11:10:51.30 1/20/2020: Media Center Mode 2 11:10:51.38 1/20/2020: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems 11:10:51.38 1/20/2020: Snap Delay set to: 5 11:10:51.38 1/20/2020: Get other settings 11:10:51.40 1/20/2020: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 11:10:51.40 1/20/2020: Start work for Form 11:10:51.40 1/20/2020: Getting Original Screen Size 11:10:51.62 1/20/2020: Opening Database Connection 11:10:51.62 1/20/2020: Data Source=E:\GameEx Arcade Edition\DATA\data.db3;Pooling=true;FailIfMissing=true 11:11:15.30 1/20/2020: Initializing Component 11:11:16.17 1/20/2020: MAME Path is: E:\mame .209 11:11:16.17 1/20/2020: MAME EXE file is: mame64.exe 11:11:16.17 1/20/2020: ROM Path is: E:\mame .209\roms 11:11:16.17 1/20/2020: Catver.ini is located at: E:\GameEx Arcade Edition\DATA\catver.ini 11:11:16.17 1/20/2020: controls.ini is located at: E:\GameEx Arcade Edition\DATA\controls.ini 11:11:16.61 1/20/2020: History.dat is located at: E:\GameEx Arcade Edition\DATA\history.dat 11:11:16.61 1/20/2020: nplayers.ini is located at: E:\GameEx Arcade Edition\DATA\nplayers.ini 11:11:16.61 1/20/2020: command.dat is located at: E:\GameEx Arcade Edition\DATA\command.dat 11:11:16.62 1/20/2020: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: E:\GameEx Arcade Edition\DATA\mameinfo.dat 11:11:16.62 1/20/2020: Loading Controls.ini map file 11:11:16.87 1/20/2020: Snap Path is: E:\mame .209\snap 11:11:16.87 1/20/2020: Database Snap Path: Not Found 11:11:16.87 1/20/2020: Background Snap Path: Not Found 11:11:16.87 1/20/2020: AVI Snap Path: Not Found 11:11:16.87 1/20/2020: Video theme Path: Not Found 11:11:16.87 1/20/2020: Video background Path: Not Found 11:11:16.87 1/20/2020: Flyer Path is: E:\mame .209\flyers 11:11:16.87 1/20/2020: Cabinet Path is: E:\mame .209\cabinets 11:11:16.87 1/20/2020: Cabinet 3D Path: Not Found 11:11:16.87 1/20/2020: Title Path is: E:\mame .209\titles 11:11:16.89 1/20/2020: Title Path is: E:\mame .209\logo 11:11:16.89 1/20/2020: PCB Path: Not Found 11:11:16.89 1/20/2020: Artwork Preview Path: Not Found 11:11:16.89 1/20/2020: Panel Path: Not Found 11:11:16.89 1/20/2020: Manual Path is: E:\mame .209\manuals 11:11:16.89 1/20/2020: Icon Path is: E:\mame .209\icons 11:11:16.89 1/20/2020: Marquee Path is: E:\mame .209\marquees 11:11:16.94 1/20/2020: Applying Language/Text 11:11:16.94 1/20/2020: Text/Language: English 11:11:16.00 1/20/2020: Loading Language/Text 11:11:17.01 1/20/2020: Loading Addins 11:11:17.25 1/20/2020: Using Version 3 Themes Animations 11:11:17.25 1/20/2020: Retrieving resolution setting 11:11:17.44 1/20/2020: Using General Font: HandelGothic BT 11:11:17.44 1/20/2020: Using Title Font: HandelGothic BT 11:11:17.51 1/20/2020: GameEx will try to reduce CPU usage 11:11:22.99 1/20/2020: Initialising Direct3D 11:11:23.77 1/20/2020: Applying GameEx is Loading Image 11:11:24.00 1/20/2020: Setting Resolution to 1280x1024 32 bit color 11:11:24.20 1/20/2020: Creating Surfaces 11:11:24.22 1/20/2020: Creating device - exclusive 11:11:26.58 1/20/2020: Warning: Display is running in full screen compatibility mode. 11:11:26.69 1/20/2020: Applying GameEx is Loading Image 11:11:26.70 1/20/2020: Setting Resolution to 1280x1024 32 bit color 11:11:26.70 1/20/2020: Creating Surfaces 11:11:26.70 1/20/2020: Creating device - windowed 11:11:26.72 1/20/2020: --**-- 11:11:26.72 1/20/2020: Error: HRESULT: [0x8876086C], Module: [Unknown], ApiCode: [Unknown/Unknown], Message: Unknown 11:11:27.82 1/20/2020: at SharpDX.Result.CheckError() 11:11:27.82 1/20/2020: at SharpDX.Direct3D9.Direct3D.a(Int32 A_0, DeviceType A_1, IntPtr A_2, CreateFlags A_3, PresentParameters[] A_4, Device A_5) 11:11:27.82 1/20/2020: at Direct2d.Device.NewDevice(Form FormHandle, Int32 Width, Int32 Height, Boolean Windowed, Boolean VSync, Boolean Display16Bit, Int32 DisplayNbr, Int32 RefreshRate, Direct3D _Direct3d) 11:11:27.82 1/20/2020: at Direct2d.Device..ctor(Form FormHandle, Int32 Width, Int32 Height, Boolean Windowed, Boolean VSync, Boolean Display16Bit, Boolean SecondaryDisplay) 11:11:27.84 1/20/2020: at GameEx.GameEx.MainForm.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Int32 A_4, Int32 A_5, Int32 A_6, Boolean A_7, Boolean A_8, Boolean A_9) 11:11:27.84 1/20/2020: at GameEx.GameEx.MainForm.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Int32 A_4) 11:11:27.84 1/20/2020: at GameEx.GameEx.MainForm.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Int32 A_4, Int32 A_5, Int32 A_6, Boolean A_7, Boolean A_8, Boolean A_9) 11:11:27.84 1/20/2020: at GameEx.GameEx.MainForm.InitDirectDraw(Boolean nodispose, Boolean reinit, Boolean DontLoadSurfaces) 11:11:27.84 1/20/2020: at GameEx.GameEx.MainForm.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2) 11:11:27.84 1/20/2020: at GameEx.GameEx.MainForm..ctor() 11:11:27.84 1/20/2020: Closing database connection 11:11:27.87 1/20/2020: Disposing Plugins 11:11:27.87 1/20/2020: GameEx is exiting with errors 11:11:27.87 1/20/2020: Deleting search cache 11:11:29.28 1/20/2020: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING 11:11:39.57 1/20/2020: Bye