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That’s a great tip, thanks @scutters. Will give that a go and hopefully all will still be well

After finding this old post on VPforums, I went back and installed the last 32bit version of PinballX I could find (5.44) and what do you know, it works! Not the best solution as I'll have a pretty old version of PinballX, but short of downloading/capturing backglass videos/images this has solved it for now.

Directory output attached. This was after an uninstall of 6.88 and fresh install of 6.89, still no luck - like you say PinballX Backglass process running but no BS2 processes running until I load a table pbxdir.txt

Oh and just another note to say thanks to both of you for helping to look into this, definitely think something weird is going on with the system that isn't allowing the B2S exe to run via PinballX in it's current state - pretty sure we've ruled out anything else now

Didn't have the B2SBackglassServerEXE.exe or the screenres.txt in the PinballX root and thought we may have cracked it but unfortunately not. Same again with no B2S program running in the task bar or in Task Manager. I've added my latest log file but think I may have to try a complete uninstall and fresh install of PinballX now. log.txt

Thanks both, will give this a try over the weekend and report back - off the top of my head don’t recall having any files in the PinballX root so hopefully this will be the ticket

No luck doing that either sadly, just a frozen PinballX attract video (that kicks back in to the attract video correctly playing when I scroll to a table I don't have a B2S file for) - and again no sign of B2Sserver running anywhere in the background

I did wonder if there may be some conflict - but this is how it always has been on the system (back when it was originally working also). Worth noting this error isn't new to 6.88, it actually stopped working prior to updating PinballX and B2SServer after a Windows update, and I tried to resolve via updating everything. I don't have any B2S files for any other system - I use backglass images for PinballFX etc. I will try moving everything into the 'default' table path and removing the 'VPXnew' system to see if that has any effect.

Here you go log.txt PinballX.ini

Thought that may have done the trick as it took PinballX a little longer to load on first try… but sadly not. Same issue still persists. Appreciate all the help so far, sure the mystery can be solved!

ALT+TAB when PinballX open - no B2S window open. Also nothing in Task Manager. Running command prompt, absolutely fine (attached)

I did, I have it in the original install location and in all of my table folders

Thanks @scutters I do indeed have the B2S exe added in that folder as well. It's bizarre.

Thanks @Mike_da_Spike - Updated log attached log.txt

Hi, Tearing my hair out with this. I've read a lot of topics on this from the last few years and cannot seem to get it working - I have checked 'Use DirectB2S in front end' but the B2S server will not begin when PinballX is running. The B2S files are named the exact same as the tables in my table folders, and load fine once I start a table. It's just in PinballX when choosing tables I will either get a black screen or it will just stay stuck on the static image of another file. Tried so far - adding <FormToFront>1</FormToFront> to BS2TableSettings.xml (no change as B2S server/exe is not kicking in when choosing tables on front end), moving/renaming table folder to see if that worked (as seen in another thread) but neither are making it work. When unchecking 'Use DirectB2S in front end' images work fine but I would prefer to load the B2S as it looks a lot nicer. I've attached my log and ini, as you can see in the log no mention of B2S so is there something glaringly obvious I'm missing here? Annoyingly this all came after updating my system and all the software (Windows update, latest PinballX and B2Sserver) - I bought the virtual pin cab pre-made and all software was years out of date but it did work originally. Thanks for any help/solution in advance! log.txt PinballX.ini