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I found the problem after tinkering with it for quite a while. I had to turn, and this is from memory, exclusive full screen mode off or something similar.

I'm getting pretty desperate. No one has encountered this before or can even give me a clue as to what to check? Here's another log: :27:04.5 10/30/2016: PinballX - Version 2.27 17:27:04.7 10/30/2016: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (3.2GB) 17:27:04.7 10/30/2016: Loading Settings 17:27:04.7 10/30/2016: Initialize Component 17:27:04.8 10/30/2016: Initialize Display 17:27:06.0 10/30/2016: Start with windows is set so waiting 5 seconds. Boot Time = 10/30/2016 5:24:21 PM 17:27:14.9 10/30/2016: Loading PlugIns 17:27:15.0 10/30/2016: Created DirectX BackGlass Window 17:27:15.1 10/30/2016: Hiding Cursor 17:27:15.1 10/30/2016: Hiding Taskbar 17:27:15.2 10/30/2016: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Dual Core Processor 4450e 17:27:15.2 10/30/2016: GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 17:27:15.2 10/30/2016: Displays: 2 17:27:15.2 10/30/2016: Load Game List 17:27:15.2 10/30/2016: Loading Database: Visual Pinball 17:27:15.3 10/30/2016: Loading Custom Database: Copy of Visual Pinball 17:27:15.3 10/30/2016: Finding and matching artwork and videos 17:27:16.6 10/30/2016: Loading Game Statistics and Scores 17:27:16.6 10/30/2016: Loading Surfaces 17:27:16.9 10/30/2016: Finished Loading Surfaces 17:27:16.9 10/30/2016: Initialize Audio 17:27:17.0 10/30/2016: Set Keyboard Controls 17:27:17.1 10/30/2016: Initialize Joystick 17:27:17.1 10/30/2016: 1 Joystick Attached 17:27:17.1 10/30/2016: Started 17:27:21.3 10/30/2016: Launch System 17:27:21.3 10/30/2016: Waiting for threads 17:27:21.3 10/30/2016: Disposing display 17:27:23.2 10/30/2016: C:\Visual Pinball\VPinball992.exe /play -"C:\Visual Pinball\Tables\Whirlwind_VP9.2+_1.0.1_FS.vpt" 17:27:23.3 10/30/2016: C:\PinballX\vpauto.exe 17:27:36.9 10/30/2016: Hidden Visual Pinball Editor Window 17:27:38.2 10/30/2016: Found PinMAME ROM: whirl_l3.nv 17:28:00.7 10/30/2016: Exit System Control Pressed 17:28:04.3 10/30/2016: Error in the application. 17:28:04.3 10/30/2016: Exeption intializing display. Trying full screen windowed. 17:28:04.3 10/30/2016: Error. Exiting 17:28:04.3 10/30/2016: Error in the application. 17:28:04.4 10/30/2016: at PinballX.Main.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4) 17:28:04.4 10/30/2016: at PinballX.Main.ap() 17:28:04.4 10/30/2016: at PinballX.Main..ctor() 17:28:04.4 10/30/2016: Disposing Plugins 17:28:04.4 10/30/2016: Showing Taskbar 17:28:04.4 10/30/2016: Unhiding Mouse Cursor 17:28:04.4 10/30/2016: Bye

Thanks for the reply. I tried this and it didn't work. Oddly when I booted the machine up this afternoon the pinballx gui and playfield was on the back box monitor and when I tried it it did exit back to Pinball X. I managed to get the display back in order (I think by rebooting), but now I'm crashing back to desktop when exiting the emulator. I don't know what to make of this. Can anyone tell me what to check?

Hey guys. I'm using PinballX with Visual Pinball. Launching games is fine, but when I exit the emulator and hope to go back to the PinballX launcher, I instead always go to desktop. This is what my log says: 19:42:43.0 10/27/2016: PinballX - Version 2.27 19:42:43.1 10/27/2016: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (3.2GB) 19:42:43.1 10/27/2016: Loading Settings 19:42:43.2 10/27/2016: Initialize Component 19:42:43.2 10/27/2016: Initialize Display 19:42:44.3 10/27/2016: Loading PlugIns 19:42:44.4 10/27/2016: Created DirectX BackGlass Window 19:42:44.6 10/27/2016: Hiding Cursor 19:42:44.6 10/27/2016: Hiding Taskbar 19:42:44.7 10/27/2016: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Dual Core Processor 4450e 19:42:44.7 10/27/2016: GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 19:42:44.7 10/27/2016: Displays: 2 19:42:44.7 10/27/2016: Load Game List 19:42:44.7 10/27/2016: Loading Database: Visual Pinball 19:42:44.7 10/27/2016: Loading Custom Database: Copy of Visual Pinball 19:42:44.8 10/27/2016: Finding and matching artwork and videos 19:42:46.1 10/27/2016: Loading Game Statistics and Scores 19:42:46.1 10/27/2016: Loading Surfaces 19:42:46.5 10/27/2016: Finished Loading Surfaces 19:42:46.5 10/27/2016: Initialize Audio 19:42:46.6 10/27/2016: Set Keyboard Controls 19:42:46.6 10/27/2016: Initialize Joystick 19:42:46.6 10/27/2016: 1 Joystick Attached 19:42:46.6 10/27/2016: Started 19:42:49.3 10/27/2016: Launch System 19:42:49.3 10/27/2016: Waiting for threads 19:42:49.3 10/27/2016: Disposing display 19:42:51.2 10/27/2016: C:\Visual Pinball\VPinball992.exe /play -"C:\Visual Pinball\Tables\TAF VP91X FS 2.0.1.vpt" 19:42:51.2 10/27/2016: C:\PinballX\vpauto.exe 19:42:58.9 10/27/2016: Hidden Visual Pinball Editor Window 19:42:59.6 10/27/2016: Found PinMAME ROM: taf_l7.nv 19:43:02.7 10/27/2016: Exit System Control Pressed 19:43:05.7 10/27/2016: Error in the application. 19:43:05.7 10/27/2016: Exeption intializing display. Trying full screen windowed. 19:43:05.7 10/27/2016: Error. Exiting 19:43:05.7 10/27/2016: Error in the application. 19:43:05.7 10/27/2016: at PinballX.Main.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4) 19:43:05.7 10/27/2016: at PinballX.Main.ap() 19:43:05.7 10/27/2016: at PinballX.Main..ctor() 19:43:05.7 10/27/2016: Disposing Plugins 19:43:05.7 10/27/2016: Showing Taskbar 19:43:05.7 10/27/2016: Unhiding Mouse Cursor 19:43:05.7 10/27/2016: Bye Can someone tell me what might be going wrong?