ThumB Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Hi guys,I have not turned on my machine in a while (like 5 months) and upon doing so today, after the update, none of my other (nes, atari, etc) emu's are listed anymore. Daphne and MAME (and the new flash games are listed) Do I have to run the setup wizard again? It took me a VERY long time to get all my emulators up and running on this cab. I'd hate to have to do this all over again.Please let me know if theres something I can do to retrive my old settings!I realize this might be a known issue, but I couldnt find anything doing a quick search.thanks in advance~ThumB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Good afternoon - Can you provide copies of your gameex.ini and log.txt files so we can take a look? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumB Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 This could prove difficult at the moment.... But I'll try and get them up. I was just wondering if this was documented by anyone else.Good afternoon - Can you provide copies of your gameex.ini and log.txt files so we can take a look? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumB Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 OK after looking at the INI, yes, the update WIPED OUT my old INI and even the backup INI is, well, exactly the same as the proper one. This SUCKS! I have to set up over 15 emulators all over again! Not ONE of the other emulators are entered in the INI anymore. WTF? I can't be the ONLY one thats experienced this. I did NOTHING other then run the update. SHIT! SHIT SHIT!I assume this happened (the backup ini) cause there were 2 or 3 updates in a row and I didnt check in between... I know this aint your fault Draco....or IS IT Ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fRequEnCy Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 So the backup ini is incomplete as well? If that's the case then maybe try a system restore but other than that, I have no suggestions if the file was overwritten that many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansolo77 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I've never heard of GameEx updates trashing the ini. I can maybe see it if you haven't updated in YEARS, but 5 months? Something else must have happened. As far as your emulators though, check to make sure they still work outside of GameEx. If they do, it's not that hard to add them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumB Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 @ fRequEnCy yah, only problem is there were sevral updates in a row and I didnt look to see if there were any problems. I've never had a problem with an update in the past. the backup ini is exactly the same as the gameex.ini. so theres no going back...sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumB Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 @ hansolo77yah, i've never had a problem either. all the roms and emulators are still there and I assume they still work (its a bit hard to run them since this is in a cab and has no keyboard at the moment)Oh well! I just hope the past few updates make setting them back up easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fRequEnCy Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I've never heard of GameEx updates trashing the ini. I can maybe see it if you haven't updated in YEARS, but 5 months? Something else must have happened. As far as your emulators though, check to make sure they still work outside of GameEx. If they do, it's not that hard to add them back.It is rare but it's been known to happen. As a fail-safe, Tom makes backups of the original settings but unfortunately this file was overwritten too many times to restore the settings. Always important to check your files before doing so many upgrades in a row. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. I hope ThumB is able to restore somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumB Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 on another topic...I always wanted to know how you set up that "last played" signature. How do you do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumB Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 @ fRequEnCyMeh... It wont be the 6th time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Hey. Just a quick question for ya:GameEx sometimes installs to C:/GameEx and to C:/Program Files/GameEx ... did you check both of these locations?Also you can get your "Last Played" tag from www.gameex.com. Just click Live in the nav bar and "Get A Gamertag" is the third or fourth option down.:EDIT: Beat ya by a few seconds Han! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansolo77 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 For your 2nd issue, I can answer that.You might need a registered version of GameEx, I'm not really sure since mine is alread. You need to create a GameEx Live Tag from here: http://www.gameex.com/Community/GetaGametag.aspxAfter that, you'll get an email with your information.Go into your forum profile, and add the information you got in your email into your signature.Piece of cake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 OK after looking at the INI, yes, the update WIPED OUT my old INI and even the backup INI is, well, exactly the same as the proper one. This SUCKS! I have to set up over 15 emulators all over again! Not ONE of the other emulators are entered in the INI anymore. WTF? I can't be the ONLY one thats experienced this. I did NOTHING other then run the update. SHIT! SHIT SHIT!I assume this happened (the backup ini) cause there were 2 or 3 updates in a row and I didnt check in between... I know this aint your fault Draco....or IS IT Ugh!LOL! Not me, my friend. I like helping others to fix problems that can be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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