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As you can see on the screenshot, my PinballX command to launch Visual Pinball X seems to be identical to what I'm using in my batch file. Table launched via PinballX -> No DirectOutput active Table launched from Batch file -> DirectOutput works It's a mystery! I can post the full contents of my settings file when I have internet access on my pinball, but the relevant part about Visual Pinball can be seen in the screenshot. Image

My parameters to launch Visual Pinball X are My tables load just fine, there's no issue with that. But my led strips (DirectOutput) aren't working! When I create a batch file and launch Visual Pinball X with the exact same parameters, my led strips are OK. Am I missing a setting somewhere?

Sure enough, the codecs were missing! Thanks everyone! Working fine now 😀

New installation of PinballX, brand new pc. Added some tables in the game manager. As soon as I start up PinballX, I see the image of the first pinball appearing and I hear half a second of music. Immediately after that, the screen returns to the windows desktop, without taskbar and without a visible mouse (crash I suppose). Log files indicate no issues. Any idea what could be going wrong? How can I debug this issue?

The field "Tables" is not translatable/changeable. You can enter anything you want in the config wizard or the ini file, the word "Tables" is always used in PinballX to indicate the number of tables you have. Never the new value it was given.

WARNING: RENAME THE .ZIP EXTENSION TO .EXE IN ORDER FOR THIS PROGRAM TO WORK!! V1.1: undo now supported, simply uncheck checkboxes! Setup.zip

Yes, but this is better. Toms Instant sheller has problems with the mouse cursor during login and cannot give you a full explorer shell afterwards...

WARNING: RENAME THE .ZIP EXTENSION TO .EXE IN ORDER FOR THIS PROGRAM TO WORK!! This program enables you to 'hide' the boot process of Windows XP as much as possible on your machine. This gives a more professional look to your arcade cabinet or media center. After starting Hide XP, you will be asked for the password of the current user. This password is needed to automatically log into Windows XP. Optionally, you can launch a program during the startup process of Windows XP. Most people use this to start a menu system like GameEx or Meedio. To do this, select the executable file with the browse button. Otherwise, leave the checkbox blank and you will boot into a blank Windows desktop. When you have chosen to automatically start a program during startup, you will still have the possibility to interrupt this process and skip to a blank Windows desktop. As soon as you see three white points appearing on the screen, press any key and the auto launch process will be aborted. Features: - transforms the mouse cursor into a black triangle to hide it on the screen, even during the logon process - hides the welcome screen, status messages, balloon popups and desktop icons - turns off beep sounds - logs on a selected user automatically - tweaks some settings to make Windows XP faster (like better memory management and faster menu display) - reverts the desktop to the (faster) Windows Classic theme - removes the wallpaper and sets the desktop to black (even during the logon process) - activates the 'mouse target' option (pressing the CTRL key shows the current mouse cursor position) - changes the boot screen (can be any BMP measuring 640x480 with 16 colors, a standard MAME boot logo is included) - integrates as a shell to hide and show the taskbar while automatically launching your program - adds the possibility to interrupt the boot process and return to the desktop with a keypress Requirements: - Windows XP (with or without servicepacks) Release history: - v1.0: 24-aug-2007 (initial version) Setup.zip