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It’s working! Do you mind me asking what was the problem? Just so I know for my own troubleshooting knowledge. Thanks again for giving up your free time on a Sunday

here you go NVIDIA System Information 10-20-2024 11-55-22.txt

Hi Tom, me again 🤦🏻‍♂️ So it seems now when I try to load a Mame game, i jusy get a black screen. I'm assuming it has to do with the Fullscreen mode. Is it one of my Mame flags thats doing it or is there one I should or shouldnt use?? GameEx.ini log.txt

I just tried 18.82 and the problem is gone. Thanks again Tom.

Hey guys, I saw the latest updates come out and I couldn't wait to try them to see if they happen to fix my problem, so I remote accessed my arcade from work and did the update and it looks like its all working good with the latest update (18.80) I'll have to really check well this weekend when I have time but do you think it was the Fullscreen Exclusive mode? Or was there something else that might have been doing it. Thanks for all the hard work as usual... Looking forward to hopefully putting this issue behind and moving on to the next one 🤪

Here are my files. THEMES & PLUGINS.zip

great! do you need me to send those over?

Here you go... log.txt GameEx.ini

Hi, Just updated to 18.75 and this problem still persists. If I disable Custom Menus I see GameEx but if Custom Menus is enabled I get a black screen… 🤷🏻‍♂️

Ok so I played around with the GameEx.ini file and in the end it didn't really have any effect. But I did find that disabling CUSTOM MENUS is what actually works. Before disabling CUSTOM MENUS I tried differtent Themes and the only one that worked was DEFAULT - GAMELAUNCHER, all the others do the same Black Screen. But when I Disable CUSTOM MENUS all themes work. I don't know the connection but maybe something changed when 18.57 was created. CustomMenu.ini

Hi, So I just tried something else. I removed my GameEx.ini and started GameEx 18.65 so it created a fresh config and it worked! So there is something in my ini that is causing the problem. I’ll go through it when I get a chance and remove things one at a time until I find the issue and report back so @Tom Speirs can see how that effects the new version when he can.

I just tried removing the Set Resolution setting and it didn't make a difference.

Here are the files. Thanks for your time PS: I tried other themes and they all do the same thing (Black Screen) except the ones that show Game Art in the Background. log.txt GameEx.ini Default - Default NN.7z

Hi, I just decided to update to 18.65 and this problem still persists. GameEX only works for me up to 18.56. I know its been a while but did anything change from 18.56 to 18.57 that would cause GameEx to not load?

I have to kill the process. I don't have Esc set to exit GameEx Note: I Just enabled the Esc key and it made no difference

Hi, So I tried a few other things like disabling my other monitors, killing running programs and nothing helped. I realized that even though I have a black screen, I can still hear GameEx running in the background. When I move the controller I hear it toggling the menu, and then when left alone attract mode starts. Its really just a black screen running over GameEx. And I don't know how to get my desktop icons back after killing GameEx without rebooting the computer and not letting GameEx start. I've attached my GameEx log, config and the theme I use in case theres anything that you can see. I'm no where near a programmer but I think theres something new that is running some kind of HideOS. Thanks again for your help GameEX Files.zip

I’m not worried about it so I don’t want you to stress either. I’m perfectly content at 15.56 for now. I’ll attach files next time I’m near my machine. thanks Tom

I tried the new update (15.60) and I still get a black screen. I also tried different themes and the only one that works is GAMELAUNCHER. I do notice that in my log file, HIDEOS always loads even if I have it disabled in settings. Also what does GameEx do that would make my Desktop icons disappear even after GameEx has shut down?

Didn't know about older version being found there, thanks. So it looks like the problem actually started at 18.57. It all worked fine up until 18.56

I disabled Plugins and I'm still getting the black screen. Does anyone have a link to GameEx 18.56 so I can downgrade to see if it works like it did before

Yes I usually run HideOS and I disabled it and it still shows GameEx as a black screen but when HideOS is disabled I get my desktop back after killing GameEx but if HideOS is enabled I can’t get my desktop back even after killing GameEX

I tried doing a manual update and theres no change. I tried disabling plug ins (Marquee Masher) and no difference. Also disabled HIDE DESKTOP and GAME EX still runs in a black screen but when I kill it I do get me desktop back.

Ya I did an internal update, I'll try downloading and installing manually next. GameEx.ini

Hi Guys, I just updated to GameEx 18.59 and when it starts, it goes to a black screen right after the loading screen. If Ileave it alone it will run Attract mode but when I quit that it goes back to the black screen. Also when I kill the GameEX and/or HideOS process, my Desktop is gone. I still have my Taskbar but the Desktop is blank and I can't do anything like Right Click on it. Only got it back by rebooting the PC. I've attached my Log if it help see something. Nothing else has changed except for the Update. Thanks log.txt

Hi, If I hit continue it seems to let me keep using the program unless I touch th pic again. I made the video. I'm not sure if you can get the info you need from the debug window. I can redo it if you tell me what you need. Thanks Here it is https://youtu.be/gTadn0VrNpM