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This is not a Gameex question, but one over hiding XP. I used the instant sheller to hide my XP. Works great ! But when XP starts it ( always ) shows about 1 or 2 seconds it's former background. My whole boot process is colored black; but it shows when loading XP a clear blue screen. Then it turns black again. I had this before, and i always changed 2 times bij background, then the loading color was also black. But strange enough that "trick" doesn't work anymore and i can't find the place to change it to black in the registry. Who knows this one ?

A simple question. I changed them a few weeks ago, and i had to search the Faq. I managed it, but i still had to deleted some lists afterwards. And as the settings of Gameex/mame stay the same, Roms and music still changes after a while. What are the easiest steps to change ROMS and Jukebox music ?

I found it. It had nothing to do with a rotation option. Strange enough. It was the option in Mame32 to use direct draw. When i set this on off, my screen doesn't rotate anymore. That explaines why my settings did work on my laptop and other pc. They have other videocards, and somehow my video in my Gameex/Arcade had problems with that direct draw option. Thanx for your help guys!

Here it is: ### global-only options ### rompath C:\MameLive\roms samplepath samples inipath ini cfg_directory cfg nvram_directory nvram memcard_directory memcard input_directory inp hiscore_directory hi state_directory sta artwork_directory artwork snapshot_directory snap diff_directory diff cheat_file cheat.dat history_file history.dat mameinfo_file mameinfo.dat ctrlr_directory ctrlr ### default game options ### autoframeskip 0 frameskip 0 waitvsync 0 triplebuffer 0 window 0 ddraw 1 hwstretch 1 resolution auto refresh 0 scanlines 0 switchres 1 switchbpp 1 maximize 1 keepaspect 1 matchrefresh 0 syncrefresh 0 throttle 1 full_screen_brightness 1. frames_to_run 0 effect none screen_aspect 4:3 cleanstretch auto zoom 2 d3d 0 d3dtexmanage 1 d3dfilter 1 d3deffect auto d3dprescale auto d3deffectrotate 1 d3dscan 100 d3dfeedback 100 mouse 0 joystick 0 a2d 0.3 steadykey 0 lightgun 0 dual_lightgun 0 offscreen_reload 0 ctrlr XArcade brightness 1. pause_brightness 0.65 norotate 0 ror 0 rol 0 autoror 0 autorol 0 flipx 0 flipy 0 debug_resolution auto gamma 1. antialias 1 translucency 1 beam 1. flicker 0. intensity 1.5 samplerate 44100 samples 1 resamplefilter 1 sound 1 volume 0 audio_latency 1 artwork 1 backdrop 1 overlay 1 bezel 1 artwork_crop 0 artres 0 cheat 0 debug 0 log 0 sleep 0 rdtsc 1 leds 0 led_mode ps/2 high_priority 0 skip_disclaimer 0 skip_gameinfo 0 skip_validitychecks 1 crconly 0 bios 0

Update: i copied my complete mame32 0.95 to my laptop and i works fine. I also did tried another crt monitor on my gameex/arcade pc. some rotation problem ..... what can this be ..... ???

first: thnx for your help! I appreciate it very much. I checked which version of Mame i have. It's Mame32 0.92, i also tested it with Mame32 0.59. This one is on a DVDRom which works fine on my laptop and other pc. But in my Gameex/Arcade pc, it also rotates wrong. So it has to be my pc. - It worked in the beginning for weeks. I only updated my roms, and removed the bezel option ( which i put back, but didn't helped ) , and updated gameex to the latest version. I changed display options under XP, color depth also. Nothing helped. In 0.92 and also in 0.59, when i say: NO Rotation. The legal notice and rom info is good, but the game is rotate 90 degrees after that. When my option is default rotation, then both the game and the legal notice/rom info are rotated 90 degrees. Every, not vertical, game works fine. Is there anything else i can try ? This is my Mame32ui.ini: default_game ckong default_folder_id 2 show_image_section 1 current_tab snapshot show_tool_bar 1 show_status_bar 1 show_folder_section 1 hide_folders working show_tabs 1 hide_tabs "marquee, title, cpanel, history" history_tab 9 check_game 1 joystick_in_interface 0 keyboard_in_interface 0 broadcast_game_name 0 random_background 0 sort_column 0 sort_reversed 0 window_x -4 window_y -4 window_width 1032 window_height 776 window_state 3 custom_color 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 list_mode Grouped splitters 152,533 list_font "-8,0,0,0,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,MS Sans Serif" column_widths 350,68,84,84,64,88,74,108,60,144,84,60 column_order 0,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,1,10,11 column_shown 1,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0 ui_key_up KEYCODE_UP ui_key_down KEYCODE_DOWN ui_key_left KEYCODE_LEFT ui_key_right KEYCODE_RIGHT ui_key_start "KEYCODE_ENTER NOT KEYCODE_LALT" ui_key_pgup KEYCODE_PGUP ui_key_pgdwn KEYCODE_PGDN ui_key_home KEYCODE_HOME ui_key_end KEYCODE_END ui_key_ss_change KEYCODE_INSERT ui_key_history_up KEYCODE_DEL ui_key_history_down "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_0" ui_key_context_filters "KEYCODE_LCONTROL KEYCODE_F" ui_key_select_random "KEYCODE_LCONTROL KEYCODE_R" ui_key_game_audit "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_A" ui_key_game_properties "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_ENTER" ui_key_help_contents KEYCODE_F1 ui_key_update_gamelist KEYCODE_F5 ui_key_view_folders "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_D" ui_key_view_fullscreen KEYCODE_F11 ui_key_view_pagetab "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_B" ui_key_view_picture_area "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_P" ui_key_view_status "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_S" ui_key_view_toolbars "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_T" ui_key_view_tab_cabinet "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_3" ui_key_view_tab_cpanel "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_6" ui_key_view_tab_flyer "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_2" ui_key_view_tab_history "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_7" ui_key_view_tab_marquee "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_4" ui_key_view_tab_screenshot "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_1" ui_key_view_tab_title "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_5" ui_key_quit "KEYCODE_LALT KEYCODE_Q" ui_joy_up 1,1,2,1 ui_joy_down 1,1,2,2 ui_joy_left 1,1,1,1 ui_joy_right 1,1,1,2 ui_joy_start 1,0,1,0 ui_joy_pgup 2,1,2,1 ui_joy_pgdwn 2,1,2,2 ui_joy_home 0,0,0,0 ui_joy_end 0,0,0,0 ui_joy_ss_change 2,0,3,0 ui_joy_history_up 2,0,4,0 ui_joy_history_down 2,0,1,0 ui_joy_exec 0,0,0,0 exec_wait 0 hide_mouse 0 full_screen 0 cycle_screenshot 0 stretch_screenshot_larger 0 screenshot_bordersize 11 inherit_filter 0 offset_clones 0 game_caption 1 language english flyer_directory flyers cabinet_directory cabinets marquee_directory marquees title_directory titles cpanel_directory cpanel background_directory bkground folder_directory folders icons_directory icons

I looked also in Mame, the strange thing is: it on default ( both game options and game ). And it shows the begin screen, when you start a game ( rom version/legal bla bla ), normal. But in the game its rotated too the left.

i copied a group off roms in the Icon folder, tested every time -> it worked. Also when i copied all the icon files, it still worked. For 2 weeks ...... Gameex crashed again today. I deleted all my icons -> solved. But i decided i don't need the icons. So this one is solved. And i have my doubts about my harddrive ...... ( bad sector maybe ).

All my vertical games are shown sideways. Meaning they are 90 degrees rotates to the left. How can i change that, to normal vertical view ? i tried setting ON ( normally off ): don't use bezel -> didn't change a bit. Support for vertical monitors off ( default ) -> didn't change a bit in mame i checked my default, and also they game settings, rotate = none. ( which is good ). Somebody has an idea ?

Here is my log: 17:35:42.2 10/17/2008: GameEx: Version 9.60: Starting Log 17:35:42.2 10/17/2008: Operating System Platform: Win32NT 17:35:42.2 10/17/2008: Operating System Name: Windows XP 17:35:42.2 10/17/2008: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600 17:35:42.2 10/17/2008: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed 17:35:42.2 10/17/2008: .net Framework 2.0 Installed 17:35:42.2 10/17/2008: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 1.70GHz, 503MB 17:35:42.2 10/17/2008: 1.7Ghz 17:35:42.3 10/17/2008: Running Randomize() 17:35:42.3 10/17/2008: Loading PlugIns 17:35:42.3 10/17/2008: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup 17:35:42.3 10/17/2008: Running Misc startup tasks 17:35:42.3 10/17/2008: Setting Menu types 17:35:42.3 10/17/2008: Opening Configuration File 17:35:42.3 10/17/2008: Getting Configuration Values 17:35:42.3 10/17/2008: Using Theme: Default - Arcade-Classic 800x600 17:35:42.3 10/17/2008: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Arcade-Classic 800x600 17:35:42.3 10/17/2008: Launching HideOS.exe 17:35:42.3 10/17/2008: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 17:35:42.3 10/17/2008: GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance) 17:35:42.3 10/17/2008: Hiding Taskbar 17:35:42.3 10/17/2008: Is Media Center running? 17:35:42.3 10/17/2008: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 17:35:42.4 10/17/2008: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 17:35:42.4 10/17/2008: Media Center Mode 2 17:35:42.4 10/17/2008: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems 17:35:42.4 10/17/2008: Snap Delay set to: 2 17:35:42.4 10/17/2008: Get other settings 17:35:42.5 10/17/2008: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black 17:35:42.5 10/17/2008: Backing up Registry Wallpaper Settings 17:35:42.5 10/17/2008: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 17:35:42.5 10/17/2008: Start work for Form 17:35:42.5 10/17/2008: Getting Original Screen Size 17:35:42.5 10/17/2008: Opening Database Connection 17:35:42.7 10/17/2008: Initializing Component 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: Retrieving resolution setting 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: MAME Path is: C:\MameLive 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: ROM Path is: C:\MameLive\roms 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: Catver.ini is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: controls.ini is located at: C:\GameEx\data\controls.ini 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: History.dat is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\history.dat 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: Loading Controls.ini map file 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: Snap Path is: c:\mamelive\snap 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: AVI Snap Path: Not Found 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: Flyer Path is: C:\MameLive\flyers 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: Cabinet Path is: C:\MameLive\cabinets 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: Title Path is: C:\MameLive\titles 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: PCB Path: Not Found 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: Artwork Preview Path: Not Found 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: Panel Path is: C:\MameLive\cpanel 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: Manual Path: Not Found 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: Icon Path is: C:\MameLive\iconsnew 17:35:42.8 10/17/2008: Marquee Path is: C:\MameLive\marquees 17:35:42.9 10/17/2008: Loading Custom Emulators 17:35:43.3 10/17/2008: Using 2D Animations 17:35:43.3 10/17/2008: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS 17:35:43.3 10/17/2008: Using Title Font: VAGRundschriftD 17:35:43.4 10/17/2008: Attempting to load game list 17:35:43.7 10/17/2008: Initialising DirectDraw 17:35:43.8 10/17/2008: Applying GameEx is Loading Image 17:35:43.8 10/17/2008: Creating DirectDraw Device 17:35:43.8 10/17/2008: Using Device: Primary Display Driver 17:35:44.8 10/17/2008: 56mb video memory available 17:35:44.8 10/17/2008: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color 17:35:46.4 10/17/2008: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces 17:35:46.4 10/17/2008: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode 17:35:46.5 10/17/2008: Creating Back Buffer 17:35:46.6 10/17/2008: Version 2 Theme being used. Loading. 17:35:46.6 10/17/2008: Loading Button Data 17:35:46.6 10/17/2008: Loading Font Data 17:35:46.6 10/17/2008: Loading Layout Data 17:35:46.6 10/17/2008: Loading Taskbar Data 17:35:46.6 10/17/2008: Loading graphic Surfaces 17:35:46.6 10/17/2008: Display is running at: 800x600 32bit color, 60hz 17:35:46.7 10/17/2008: Creating Surfaces Flags 17:35:46.7 10/17/2008: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs 17:35:46.8 10/17/2008: Creating Surfaces Volume 17:35:46.8 10/17/2008: Creating Surfaces Arrows 17:35:46.8 10/17/2008: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text 17:35:46.8 10/17/2008: Creating Surfaces Toolbar 17:35:46.9 10/17/2008: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds 17:35:47.1 10/17/2008: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls 17:35:47.2 10/17/2008: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo 17:35:47.2 10/17/2008: Creating Surface Unselected 17:35:47.2 10/17/2008: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit 17:35:47.2 10/17/2008: Creating Surfaces Snaps 17:35:47.2 10/17/2008: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars 17:35:47.3 10/17/2008: Creating Fonts 17:35:47.3 10/17/2008: Creating Game Font 17:35:47.5 10/17/2008: Creating Game Font Faded 17:35:47.6 10/17/2008: Creating Title Font 17:35:47.7 10/17/2008: Restoring Title Font From Cache 17:35:47.8 10/17/2008: Creating Menu Font 17:35:47.9 10/17/2008: Creating Font Black 17:35:48.2 10/17/2008: Creating Font Black Small 17:35:48.4 10/17/2008: Fonts Created Succesfully 17:35:48.4 10/17/2008: 14mb video memory left available 17:35:48.5 10/17/2008: Creating instance of global keyboard hook 17:35:48.5 10/17/2008: Starting GameExtender Publisher 17:35:48.5 10/17/2008: Text/Language: English 17:35:48.5 10/17/2008: Applying Language/Text 17:35:48.6 10/17/2008: Initialising Bass Audio Library 17:35:48.9 10/17/2008: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy 17:35:48.9 10/17/2008: Loading last used Game List 17:35:48.9 10/17/2008: Setting Music Volume 17:35:48.9 10/17/2008: Cannot Load Play List. Check Path and filename 17:35:48.9 10/17/2008: Creating DirectSound Device 17:35:48.9 10/17/2008: Trying: Primary Sound Driver 17:35:48.9 10/17/2008: Loading Sound Files 17:35:49.0 10/17/2008: DirectSound Device Created Successfully 17:35:49.0 10/17/2008: Creating ICONS 17:35:49.0 10/17/2008: Recreating ICONS 17:35:50.1 10/17/2008: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support 17:35:50.8 10/17/2008: Unable to create a joystick device 17:35:50.8 10/17/2008: Initializing MCE Remote 17:35:50.8 10/17/2008: --**-- 17:35:50.8 10/17/2008: Error: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt. 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Drawing.SafeNativeMethods.Gdip.GdipCreateFromHDC(HandleRef hdc, IntPtr& graphics) 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Drawing.Graphics.FromHdcInternal(IntPtr hdc) 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Drawing.Font.GetHeight() 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Drawing.Font.get_Height() 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Windows.Forms.Control.get_FontHeight() 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase.get_PreferredHeight() 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase.get_DefaultSize() 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Windows.Forms.Control..ctor(Boolean autoInstallSyncContext) 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase..ctor() 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Windows.Forms.TextBox..ctor() 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadExceptionDialog..ctor(Exception t) 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.OnThreadException(Exception t) 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProcException(Exception e) 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnThreadException(Exception e) 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Windows.Forms.SafeNativeMethods.SetWindowPos(HandleRef hWnd, HandleRef hWndInsertAfter, Int32 x, Int32 y, Int32 cx, Int32 cy, Int32 flags) 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Windows.Forms.Control.SetVisibleCore(Boolean value) 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Visible(Boolean value) 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at q.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2) 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: at q..ctor() 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: Closing database connection 17:35:50.9 10/17/2008: GameEx is exiting with errors

I want to add icons to GameEx, but then GameEX will crash at startup. When i point GameEx to a different icon dir ( ICONSNEW , which is empty ), it start without any problem. When i copy a few icons in that folder, it starts normally and also shows the icons. But when i copy all the icons ( approx 1900 ), to that same folder it crashes again. In the log there is a line which says: memory could not be read ....... i checked the rights ( NTFS ) on folder and files, they are good. What can cause this problem ??

Thanx guys. This one worked perfect for me. Also the visualize option works again normally. Most of the times it wont visualize.

When i use the Jukebox, it shows a very old list. Most mp3's i deleted allready. And i have added some new mp3's but they wont show in the jukebox list. I am using "File audio Tags" and put a path to my mp3 folder. Selecting the questionmark it says: it will scan the folder for tags and i you add or delete files it takes a bit longer. But why does the jukebox doesn't refresh ? I found a file in the data folder in gameex with the name: playlist.txt. Which had listed all my older songs. So i thought: ctrl+A delete. File empty -> save. But after starting gameex is was full again with old songs........ My question: Where can i refresh/update my jukebox playlist ? ps. I can't use Media player library. That one doesn't work.

Thnx Brian, I solved it by deleting die default.cfg.