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Hmm OK i installed a Windows OEM edition, using a key from a Windows Media Center edition. I don't have the second disk for Media Center Edition, so when the installer asks for it I just hit cancel and it carries on installing what I thought was a normal Windows XP. Seems I was wrong, never mind I'll reinstall with a normal OEM Windows key I have somewhere on an old box, I'll just have to dig it out Thanks for that guys,love this software...very classy.

Hi I have just recently bought GameEx and have installed it with key on a fresh Window XP install, with nothing else on the box. When I try to run gameex it seems to crash when trying to open a database: 20:01:31.6 28/10/2010: Setting Menu types 20:01:31.6 28/10/2010: Opening Configuration File 20:01:31.6 28/10/2010: Getting Configuration Values 20:01:31.6 28/10/2010: Using Theme: Default - Media Center - Background 20:01:31.6 28/10/2010: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Media Center - Background 20:01:31.6 28/10/2010: Using Images from theme: Default - Media Center V1\MEDIA\ 20:01:31.6 28/10/2010: Launching HideOS.exe 20:01:31.6 28/10/2010: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's 20:01:31.6 28/10/2010: GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance) 20:01:31.6 28/10/2010: Hiding Taskbar 20:01:31.8 28/10/2010: Is Media Center running? 20:01:31.8 28/10/2010: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values 20:01:31.9 28/10/2010: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode 20:01:31.9 28/10/2010: Media Center Mode 2 20:01:32.0 28/10/2010: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems 20:01:32.1 28/10/2010: Snap Delay set to: 2 20:01:32.1 28/10/2010: Get other settings 20:01:32.2 28/10/2010: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black 20:01:32.2 28/10/2010: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis 20:01:32.2 28/10/2010: Start work for Form 20:01:32.2 28/10/2010: Getting Original Screen Size 20:01:32.3 28/10/2010: Opening Database Connection 20:01:36.9 28/10/2010: --**-- 20:01:37.2 28/10/2010: Error: No error message available, result code: REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG(0x80040154). 20:01:38.6 28/10/2010: at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionInternal..ctor(OleDbConnectionString constr, OleDbConnection connection) 20:01:38.6 28/10/2010: at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(DbConnectionOptions options, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningObject) 20:01:38.6 28/10/2010: at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreateNonPooledConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, DbConnectionPoolGroup poolGroup) 20:01:38.6 28/10/2010: at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.GetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection) 20:01:38.6 28/10/2010: at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.OpenConnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory) 20:01:38.6 28/10/2010: at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.Open() 20:01:38.6 28/10/2010: at n.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2) 20:01:38.6 28/10/2010: at n..ctor() 20:01:38.7 28/10/2010: Disposing Plugins 20:01:38.7 28/10/2010: GameEx is exiting with errors 20:01:38.7 28/10/2010: Deleting search cache 20:01:40.2 28/10/2010: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING Has something not installed correctly here?

Thank you very much, I did figure it out myself, well kinda! I realised I had not made a mapfile, I would hate to think what I'd go through if I had hundreds of games! Surely there's a script or something to scan trough the named directory and just knock up a mapfile from whatever is there. This could be edited for correctness.. am I missing something along these lines? Then I had the old screen going black then returning to GameEx, I realised next that my executable had a space in the filename, ficed that and next the emulator starts up but not with any game loaded. After much mucking about I got it going! I realised you need : A) A mapfile ...er ... damn smilies Bee) Directories set (ie) The ROM Path, Working Directory and Path to .map file C) (an .exe with no spaces in it followed by) "[ROMPATH]\[ROMFILE]" in the Command Line: Box What was screwing me up was the default setup for Gens Surreal had "[ROMPATH\ROMFILE] rolled in together which doesn't seem to work. Add that one to the wiki Thanks guys. I think the mapfile is a key thing that was in no way made out as important, I found out about it by wondering what it was in the config and clicking the help! It should be listed as a vital thing along with the exe

Yeah it's set to "No", I found the config editor that is launched within GameEX and redid everything that way but still nothing. Surely it doesn't filter out the rom files? they are .bin and .smd files that Gens32 has always used. Thanks for taking an interest by the way. It would be a dream to have this frontend work for Amiga, Megadrive etc as well as mame. I got an X-Arcade and an old arcade cabinet so I want to get it all happening as a one-stop shop y'know?

The Emulator is Gens32 Surreal not the latest version but not that old, I picked it in the "Emulator Selection" in the setup wizard (it's mentioned there specifically), I enabled it, I set the path in the ROM Path box, I set the working directory to the directory the exe is in, I set the exe to Gens32 Surreal.exe . Anyway after setting all the paths there is still "No Games found" when I pick Gens32 Surreal from the Emulated Games page. I have double checked the paths, the roms are definitely there but nothing in GameEX As I mentioned I thought maybe the games need to be zipped, but that made no difference Further I found the other configuration editor within GameEx, used the import function as you said, changed the paths as before, saved it, still no games in the list. It's not trying to filter by rom type or something is it?

OK Look I've had a good search through the forums and there's bits and pieces of info which don't make alot of sense to me. Some of them are years old too. I want to get things like Gens32 Surreal and Amiga working but I cannot get any games to show up in the games list, I've set the roms folder to point to where the game roms are located, and I even zipped a couple in case that was the problem but no matter what still no games in the lists. Mame works like a dream however This is the best, I'm going to buy it asap