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yup all works fine after a few days of testing, it was the codec pack, klite bad cccp good, thanks again!

ah i see well thanks again for the pointers, klite seem ok with game ex and win 2 k, but i guess things have changed with both i had limited sucess last night with the new codec packs, they worked under explorer but under game ex my start up videos showed just a blank screen, so i think i'll have to remove the start up stuff and work my way in to game ex that way, i'll report back when i get some results thanks again to all that have helped

thanks both of you guys i'll have aplay with a few different codec packs and see what runs best for me why the strong reaction to klite? seems to have served me well in the past, or you mean just with game ex compatibility..?

ah ok thanks for the suggestion again, i'm not running the officla divx codec package but running the klite codec pack, but stoping video snaps running seems to have stopped the minumizing in the same time frame it had been before, so i'll uninstall kilite and try ffdshow and see if that helps any thing else thats a common reason you know of for game ex minumizing...? also thanks again for your continued help

yes i am, you think they effect win xp...? i never had any bother with them under win 2k so put them on the xp machine they seem to work ok previewing while moving up and down, but eventually game ex will minumize i can disable the snaps under advance menu if you think thats some thing that should be tried..?

just to report back, tried killing all processes that weren't needed, and even some that where, such as sound card tray app's and game ex still minumizes

thanks for the process killing tip, will try to isolate it that way and report back

thanks for the suggestion, but i am only pressing the up or down arrow keys on a remotely connected machine when game ex minumizes edit: also this problem wasn't evident on win 2k, so i wouldn't haev thought it was the ipac doing some thing odd with alt and tab being mapped in an odd way...

just got home and checked the cab, no sticky keys enabled under accessibility options any other thoughts gratefully weclomed, dont really fancy another re-install back to win 2k if i can help it... thanks in advance pete

not been able to get cd rom game running my self, but just wondering have you been able to return from magic engine after launching a normal hu card game? it stays at a black screen for me..

Thanks for the suggestion i'll take a look at that when back home later, though the arrow keys alone surely wouldn't minumize the game ex app...? For further info, i'm administering the cabinet via remote desktop on another machine, and both the cab and remote machine will minumize the the game ex app which did not happen under win 2k, though i will look into your good lead regarding the sticky keys, never heard of that so sounds interesting Thanks again Pete

hi all new poster here, long time user been using game ex since ver 4 under win 2k with no problems, but had a cabinet crash, and moved the cab to an xp based cab, using an ipac if that helps and since using win xp after a few joy stick movements or arrow key presses game ex will minumize to the task bar, never seen this problem under win 2k, any one else seen any thing like this..? thanks in advance pete