[RESOLVED] Weird StartUp Problem

[GoTheBunnies]

Hi all,

Turned on my arcade machine today for the first time in a few months (so I'm a few updates behind), and immediately knew there was a problem. It started in a different theme to what I normally have, and none of the games were on the menus. The menu was really brief - only 3 or 4 items, and not even the Config option.

I went back out of GameEx and opened up the Configuration Settings, and everything was blank. No settings, no file paths - nothing. In fact the only field I saw populated was the Theme field.

Fortunately I have a back up of the GameEx config that I think is reasonably current, so I'm not too stressed about it (yet). But how could it have happened? From memory I think I turned it on a few months ago to do an update of GameEx, and I may not have played it after that. But where did the configs go? Can I get them back?

If I have to resort to using the backup files I have - what files/directories do I need to copy across to the Gameex folders?

Thanks

[Adultery]

Before you do all that, make sure GameEx isn't installed in two different places on your system. It could be that when you updated it installed to the default location, especially if you changed the install path initially.

I don't have much to go on for info so I'm just taking a guess.

[GoTheBunnies]

Before you do all that, make sure GameEx isn't installed in two different places on your system. It could be that when you updated it installed to the default location, especially if you changed the install path initially.

I don't have much to go on for info so I'm just taking a guess.

Don't think it's that - can only see 1 install.

[fRequEnCy]

During an update, GameEx backs up your settings as a safe measure. Please review the GameEx.UpgradeBackup.ini file found in the CONFIG directory of your GameEx install. Check if it seems like you're settings are there. If so then simply rename that file to GameEx.ini and your settings will be restored. Backup those files to be safe.

[GoTheBunnies]

During an update, GameEx backs up your settings as a safe measure. Please review the GameEx.UpgradeBackup.ini file found in the CONFIG directory of your GameEx install. Check if it seems like you're settings are there. If so then simply rename that file to GameEx.ini and your settings will be restored. Backup those files to be safe.

Thanks for that - problem solved. The GameEx.ini file was totally empty.

Have now updated to the latest version, and everything seems fine. Thanks again.

[Tom Speirs]

Glad you got it sorted out. This sort of thing does happen occasionaly.

[Draco1962]

Marking this one as resolved!