Draco1962

Alrighty - I tested your CustomMenu.ini against my gameex.ini and I did not run into what you have described. When accessing the other emulators, I only saw the ROMS associated with the emulators and nothing more. When accessing the all games, all games showed. What I would recommend trying at this time is enabling your emulator group. Change the setting to enable it under the Start menu instead of under Emulators then start up GameEx and see if you run into the same issue. Also noted that you do not have the Emulator Group setup under your Custom Menu Start. Try adding the Emulator Group as a new item right under the Start menu in Custom Menus. I know this isn't optimal but we need to see precisely where this is breaking. My guess is that because the setting is for under Emulators this is conflicting with the use of Custom Menus.

j0eh4x - Welcome to the GameEx forums! I am sure that there will be plenty of advice coming your way. Usually best to have the hardware you need and ready to go rather than attempt to troubleshoot prior to any issues. GameEx has many of the features ready to go but will require some additional tweaking when you are at that step. MrJimmy - Welcome and well said! We'll be here when you are ready!Let us know if you get stumped along the way.

Marking as resolved! And you can't be THAT old, I mean... um, yeah.

Thanks for the images and the .ini files. My vision is a tad blurry from the need for sleep so I will try to take a closer look sometime tomorrow. That is not to say that someone else in the forum may also take a stab at a resolution! Good night!

Ok, I see your complaints and while I understand expressing one's feelings, when asking for help or noting an issue with an aspect of the program, I see them getting in the way of you obtaining any resolve to the issues you have presented. What are your expectations? Let's start with the first 3 items. Item 1 - What are your expectations for the arcade ambiance? How many files do you wish to access? Are you expecting the program to be able to rotate through x number of files randomly or sequentially? Item 2 - Attract Mode Screensaver expectations, what are they? Are you expecting it to have a minimum of 1 minute between games? Item 3 - Now this is a big one and clarification of your expectations is critical. Also, I would like for you to provide a copy of your gameex.ini as previously requested so that we can take a closer look and see if there are any settings that need to be tweaked to meet your expectations as closely as is possible. As moderators and admins, we do more of the "heavy lifting" in troubleshooting problems experienced by the users and providing advice or workarounds. You may find other users assisting with advice as well. Once we have determined that the issue is indeed a bug (and you need to give us the opportunity to examine things and not just tell us it is), it is at that point Tom will usually step in.

Hi se_lees. It sounds as if you are having some difficulty and I am sure we can help you to find some solutions. I can't tell with certainty if you are merely venting out of frustration or using this as an opportunity to slam the software. I am hoping for the former as opposed to the latter. If you would like help, please start by providing us with a copy of your gameex.ini and we will be glad to assist you in reconciling some of the issues you are having. Regards, Mike

If I understand you correctly, Griggs, whenever you access an emulator that has been made part of an emulator group, it brings up all emulators/games that have been grouped. And you are using Custom Menus? I have tested on my machine with an emulator group right under the start menu. I selected emulators 0-3 and, as expected, all roms for all 4 emulators show. I have my emulators setup as separate items for each under a menu name of Arcade and when I access them, they only show their own roms. No mater how I tried to twist this situation, I cannot replicate what I understand to be your error. Can you perhaps provide us with a copy of your gameex.ini, CustomMenu.ini and, perhaps we can better determine what is going on. It might be helpful for you to get a screen capture of your custom menu setup and the Start screen within GameEx as well.

Glad it is working for ya!

Backup your gameex.ini file just to be safe or your gameex folder if uncertain. Usually, downloading and installing will fix a few issues and will not overwrite your existing configuration.

I noticed in the log file that you are showing GameEx version 11.72 installed. Can you please try installing the latest (11.81) and let me know if you are still experiencing the same issue? You are correct in that DirectX 9.0c is the latest version for Windows XP. Dx10 is Vista exclusive, 10.1 Vista and Server 2008, and DX11 Vista SP2 and 2008 SP 2 and Win 7.

Then delete my cookies!! LOL! Click at the bottom of the page where it shows Delete My Cookies and see if it updates for you.

I disabled my custom menus,loaded Sins of a Solar Empire, clicked on "More Games & Programs" and it shows within that menu under "Configuration," If you are not seeing that, then there is something non-Vanilla with your setup. You must have a cherry swirl or perhaps Neopolitan? Please confirm that it is Enabled if you are not seeing it. May be time for you to give up a copy of your gameex.ini file for us to look a little closer.

Did not think of that (obviously)! Thanks HK!

I had to run it twice... grrr.

Theme shouldn't matter. First, are you using custom menus or "vanilla" GameEx menus? If the latter, open Setup Wizard outside of GameEx (since you cannot access it within), go to Custom, select Enable/Disable Features, then select Enable Configuration App, next until complete, close, then Start GameEx. If using Custom Menus, then you will need to assign Configuration Application to whatever item you have setup for this function.

Delete my cookies, then!

I re-ran it again - FINALLY showing Vanguard! YAY!!!

Showing Donkey Kong. I cleared browser caches, reinstalled gkey.reg file, cleared cookies at bottom of forum, etc. Still Donkey Kong. Should be showing Vanguard. Any ideas?

Not yet - job search taking a lot of my time.

Dude - thanks! Thought I was going nuts.. well, probably still going nuts, but not about this!

I have tried clearing my browser cache, etc and still showing 'Donkey Kong' as the last game played.. I haven't played it in over a month! Last game I played was Vanguard. Does it show as Donkey Kong to everyone else? Let me know!

I am running fine on Win 7 64-bit, Ian. Try the following: Reboot Windows, clear out the cache files and download directly from the site download link b(ack up you gameex.ini file first) and install it that way and see if that resolves your problem. You may have to right-click on the desktop and select Personalize to put back in play whatever image you were using for a Windows desktop.

I am going to mark this as RESOLVED as it appears that 11.80 has fixed the reported ills!

My guess is that while GameEx is running, it is being accessed still by the keyboard. I have noticed when I have it open that if I move my mouse within another application and have GameEx in windowed mode, the mouse will scroll up and down through my lists! I am not aware of any way to disable it short of exiting GameEx when you have need of the computer for other than GameEx.

Thanks, Tom! Updated to 11.80 and confirmed that the changes made from within the front end are being saved!