Constantly updating GameEx

[deadboy]

For some reason everytime I start GameEx it thinks I need to update. Even if it's coming back up right after it updated. I Just installed it again straight from the DL section and it still thinks it needs to update. Any ideas?

Log text:

23:34:19.2 5/6/2012: Opening Configuration File

23:34:19.2 5/6/2012: GameEx: Version 12.55: Starting Log

23:34:19.2 5/6/2012: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

23:34:19.2 5/6/2012: Operating System Name: Windows 7

23:34:19.2 5/6/2012: Operating System Version: 6.1.7601

23:34:19.2 5/6/2012: Aero running

23:34:19.2 5/6/2012: Initializing Vista/Windows 7 volume control

23:34:19.2 5/6/2012: Intel® Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 6143MB

23:34:19.2 5/6/2012: 2.4Ghz - 4 Cores or CPU's

23:34:19.2 5/6/2012: Running Randomize()

23:34:19.3 5/6/2012: Loading PlugIns

23:34:19.3 5/6/2012: Loaded Plugin:"MAME Commander" Version 2.08 By Adultery

23:34:19.3 5/6/2012: PlugIn: "MAME Commander" Initialized OK

23:34:19.3 5/6/2012: Using Plugin System Version: 1.4

23:34:19.3 5/6/2012: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

23:34:19.3 5/6/2012: Running Misc startup tasks

23:34:19.3 5/6/2012: Setting Menu types

23:34:19.3 5/6/2012: Getting Configuration Values

23:34:19.3 5/6/2012: Using Theme: Default - MegaMame - 1680x1050

23:34:19.3 5/6/2012: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - MegaMame - 1680x1050

23:34:19.3 5/6/2012: Launching GameExtender.exe (GameExtender Viewer)

23:34:19.4 5/6/2012: Launching HideOS.exe

23:34:19.4 5/6/2012: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

23:34:19.4 5/6/2012: GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance)

23:34:19.4 5/6/2012: Hiding Taskbar

23:34:19.5 5/6/2012: Is Media Center running?

23:34:19.5 5/6/2012: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

23:34:19.5 5/6/2012: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

23:34:19.5 5/6/2012: Media Center Mode 2

23:34:19.5 5/6/2012: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems

23:34:19.5 5/6/2012: Snap Delay set to: 6

23:34:19.5 5/6/2012: Get other settings

23:34:19.5 5/6/2012: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black

23:34:19.5 5/6/2012: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

23:34:19.5 5/6/2012: Start work for Form

23:34:19.5 5/6/2012: Getting Original Screen Size

23:34:19.5 5/6/2012: Opening Database Connection

23:34:19.5 5/6/2012: Initializing Component

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: MAME Path is: e:\Emulators\MAME

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: MAME EXE file is: mame64.exe

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: ROM Path is: e:\Emulators\MAME\roms

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: Catver.ini is located at: D:\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: controls.ini is located at: D:\GameEx\DATA\controls.ini

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: History.dat is located at: D:\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: nplayers.ini is located at: D:\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: command.dat is located at: D:\GameEx\DATA\command.dat

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: D:\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: Loading Controls.ini map file

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: Snap Path is: e:\Emulators\MAME\snap

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: Background Snap Path: Not Found

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: AVI Snap Path is: e:\Emulators\MAME\video

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: Flyer Path: Not Found

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: Cabinet Path is: e:\Emulators\MAME\cabinets

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: Cabinet 3D Path is: e:\Emulators\MAME\cabinets3d

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: Title Path is: e:\Emulators\MAME\titles

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: PCB Path is: e:\Emulators\MAME\pcb

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: Artwork Preview Path is: e:\Emulators\MAME\artwork

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: Panel Path is: e:\Emulators\MAME\cpanel

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: Manual Path is: e:\Emulators\MAME\manual

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: Icon Path is: e:\Emulators\MAME\Icon

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: Marquee Path is: e:\Emulators\MAME\Marquee

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: Applying Language/Text

23:34:19.6 5/6/2012: Text/Language: English

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Loading Custom Emulators

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Loading Emulator 1: [Console] Sega Genesis (GENS+)

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Loading Emulator 2: [Console] Nintendo SNES (ZSNES)

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Loading Emulator 3: [Console] Nintendo NES (MESS)

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Loading Emulator 4: Nintendo N64

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Loading Emulator 5: [Console] Sony Playstation 2 (PCSX2)

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Loading Emulator 6: [Console] NEC TurboGrafx-16 (mednafen)

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Loading Emulator 7: [Console] Sega Master System (GENS+)

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Loading Emulator 8: [Console] Atari 2600 (MESS)

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Loading Emulator 9: [Console] Sega Dreamcast (nullDC)

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Loading Emulator 10: [Pinball] Future Pinball

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Loading Emulator 11: [Console] Sony Playstation (ePSXe)

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Loading Emulator 12: [Console] Sony Playstation 2 (PCSX2)

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Using Version 3 Themes Animations

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Retrieving resolution setting

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Using General Font: Tahoma

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: Using Title Font: Tahoma

23:34:19.7 5/6/2012: GameEx will try to reduce CPU usage

23:34:19.8 5/6/2012: Initialising Direct3D

23:34:19.8 5/6/2012: Applying GameEx is Loading Image

23:34:19.9 5/6/2012: Setting Resolution to 1920x1080 32 bit color

23:34:19.9 5/6/2012: Creating Surfaces

23:34:20.3 5/6/2012: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

23:34:20.3 5/6/2012: Creating Back Buffer

23:34:20.4 5/6/2012: Version 2 Theme being used. Loading.

23:34:20.4 5/6/2012: Loading Button Data

23:34:20.4 5/6/2012: Loading Font Data

23:34:20.4 5/6/2012: Loading Layout Data

23:34:20.4 5/6/2012: Loading Taskbar Data

23:34:20.4 5/6/2012: Loading graphic Surfaces

23:34:20.4 5/6/2012: Display is running at: 1920x1080 32bit color, 60hz

23:34:20.4 5/6/2012: Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series

23:34:20.4 5/6/2012: Max texture size: 16384x16384

23:34:20.4 5/6/2012: Available texture memory: -294MB

23:34:20.4 5/6/2012: Initialising Bass Audio Library

23:34:20.5 5/6/2012: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

23:34:20.7 5/6/2012: Creating Surfaces Volume

23:34:20.7 5/6/2012: Creating Surfaces Arrows

23:34:20.7 5/6/2012: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

23:34:20.7 5/6/2012: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

23:34:20.7 5/6/2012: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

23:34:20.7 5/6/2012: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

23:34:20.8 5/6/2012: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

23:34:20.8 5/6/2012: Creating Surface Unselected

23:34:20.8 5/6/2012: Creating Surfaces Snaps

23:34:20.8 5/6/2012: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

23:34:20.9 5/6/2012: Creating Fonts

23:34:20.9 5/6/2012: Creating Game Font

23:34:21.0 5/6/2012: Creating Game Font Faded

23:34:21.1 5/6/2012: Creating Title Font

23:34:21.1 5/6/2012: Restoring Title Font From Cache

23:34:21.2 5/6/2012: Creating Font Black

23:34:21.3 5/6/2012: Creating Font Black Small

23:34:21.4 5/6/2012: Fonts Created Succesfully

23:34:21.4 5/6/2012: Loading News Feed: http://www.gameex.net/gameexnews.xml

23:34:34.1 5/6/2012: Attempting to load game list

23:34:34.2 5/6/2012: Invalid GameExtender not found image

23:34:34.2 5/6/2012: Starting GameExtender on: 192.168.0.14:8383

23:34:34.2 5/6/2012: MAME CMD options: -nowindow -joy -mouse -mt

23:34:34.3 5/6/2012: Creating DirectSound Device

23:34:34.3 5/6/2012: Trying: Primary Sound Driver

23:34:34.3 5/6/2012: Loading Sound Files

23:34:34.3 5/6/2012: DirectSound Device Created Successfully

23:34:34.3 5/6/2012: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support

23:34:34.4 5/6/2012: Using Device ATRAK Device #1

23:34:34.4 5/6/2012: Using Device ATRAK Device #2

23:34:34.6 5/6/2012: Resuming Last Status

23:34:34.6 5/6/2012: Initializing MCE Remote

23:34:34.6 5/6/2012: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

23:34:34.6 5/6/2012: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

23:34:35.0 5/6/2012: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_1: Snap Path: e:\Assets\Sega Genesis\Snap

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_1: Video Snap Path: e:\Assets\Sega Genesis\Snaps

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_1: Control Panel Path: C:\Assets\Sega Genesis\Controls

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Warning: Emulator_1: Control Panel Path Does not exist

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_1: Database: [Console] Sega Genesis

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_1: Title Snap Path: e:\Assets\Sega Genesis\Title

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_1: Box Art Path: e:\Assets\Sega Genesis\Box

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_1: Cart Art Path: e:\Assets\Sega Genesis\Cart

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Warning: Emulator_1: Cart Art Path Does not exist

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_1: Manual Path: e:\Assets\Sega Genesis\Manuals

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_2: Snap Path: e:\Assets\Nintendo SNES\Snaps

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_2: Control Panel Path: C:\Assets\Nintendo SNES\Controls

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Warning: Emulator_2: Control Panel Path Does not exist

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_2: Database: [Console] Nintendo SNES

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_2: Title Snap Path: e:\Assets\Nintendo SNES\Titles

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_2: Box Art Path: e:\Assets\Nintendo SNES\Boxes

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_2: Cart Art Path: e:\Assets\Nintendo SNES\Cartridges

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_2: Manual Path: e:\Assets\Nintendo SNES\Manuals

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_3: Snap Path: e:\Assets\Nintendo NES\Snaps

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_3: Control Panel Path: C:\Assets\Nintendo NES\Controls

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Warning: Emulator_3: Control Panel Path Does not exist

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_3: Database: [Console] Nintendo NES

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_3: Title Snap Path: e:\Assets\Nintendo NES\Titles

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_3: Box Art Path: e:\Assets\Nintendo NES\Boxes

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_3: Cart Art Path: e:\Assets\Nintendo NES\Cartridges

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_3: Manual Path: e:\Assets\Nintendo NES\Manuals

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_5: Snap Path: e:\Assets\Sony Playstation 2\Snaps

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_5: Control Panel Path: C:\Assets\Sony Playstation 2\Controls

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Warning: Emulator_5: Control Panel Path Does not exist

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_5: Database: [Console] Sony PlayStation 2

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_5: Title Snap Path: e:\Assets\Sony Playstation 2\Titles

23:34:58.4 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_5: Box Art Path: e:\Assets\Sony Playstation 2\Boxes

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_5: Cart Art Path: e:\Assets\Sony Playstation 2\Cartridges

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_5: Manual Path: e:\Assets\Sony Playstation 2\Manuals

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Warning: Emulator_5: MAPFile Does Not Exist

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_6: Snap Path: e:\Assets\NEC TurboGrafx-16\Snaps

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_6: Control Panel Path: C:\Assets\NEC TurboGrafx-16\Controls

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Warning: Emulator_6: Control Panel Path Does not exist

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_6: Database: [Console] NEC TurboGrafx-16

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_6: Title Snap Path: e:\Assets\NEC TurboGrafx-16\Titles

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_6: Box Art Path: e:\Assets\NEC TurboGrafx-16\Boxes

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_6: Cart Art Path: e:\Assets\NEC TurboGrafx-16\Cartridges

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_6: Manual Path: e:\Assets\NEC TurboGrafx-16\Manuals

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_7: Snap Path: e:\Assets\Sega Master System\Snaps

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_7: Control Panel Path: C:\Assets\Sega Master System\Controls

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Warning: Emulator_7: Control Panel Path Does not exist

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_7: Database: [Console] Sega Master System

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_7: Title Snap Path: e:\Assets\Sega Master System\Titles

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_7: Box Art Path: e:\Assets\Sega Master System\Boxes

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_7: Cart Art Path: e:\Assets\Sega Master System\Cartridges

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_7: Manual Path: e:\Assets\Sega Master System\Manuals

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_9: Snap Path: e:\Assets\Sega Dreamcast\Snaps

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_9: Control Panel Path: C:\Assets\Sega Dreamcast\Controls

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Warning: Emulator_9: Control Panel Path Does not exist

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_9: Database: [Console] Sega Dreamcast

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_9: Title Snap Path: e:\Assets\Sega Dreamcast\Titles

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_9: Box Art Path: e:\Assets\Sega Dreamcast\Boxes

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_9: Cart Art Path: e:\Assets\Sega Dreamcast\Cartridges

23:34:58.5 5/6/2012: Validating: Emulator_9: Manual Path: e:\Assets\Sega Dreamcast\Manuals

[bkenobi]

A lot of times performing a manual update will correct this. I had this problem a while back and it turned out that the automatic update install was hanging because it needed some manual input. Once I performed the manual update, everything was good to go.

[hansolo77]

I found the problem when this happened to me was because of a drive letter change. GameEx was installed on one drive, and then I changed the drive letter afterwards before I started installing all my emulators. When it prompted to update, it installed it to back on the first drive again. My shortcut to GameEx stayed the same, since I updated it for the new drive letter, but now I had 2 installations of GameEx. Everytime I loaded GameEx it told me to update, but it kept reinstalling in the old path. The only way I could fix this was by completely uninstalling, and doing a hardcore search in Regedit for all keys. Then I reinstalled on the appropriate drive with a manual install.

I had to move the drive letter because I repartitioned the drive so I wouldn't be all installed on C:\ but rather M:\. Every update from then on kept trying to go back to C:\.

[deadboy]

The drive switch thing definitely applies to me. Anyone have any ideas that aren't nuclear? If that's what has to happen I guess it has to happen but...

[Draco1962]

Not sure anything needs to be done in regedit. Have you tried modifying the drive paths in your gameex.ini file?

[deadboy]

That'll be my next step. I scoured the registry for anything referring to the old drive last night. It's not a HUGE issue but it's kinda irksome.

[hansolo77]

I just hope thats what your problem is. I felt so dumb when I realized thats what it was. Once you get everything set right, it shouldn't keep asking.

[deadboy]

Well, I went thru the dang config file and changed everything to the proper drive and that stopped the error. Unfortunately it seems to have aggravated the problem where it goes to attract/screen saver mode the client would just be a black screen when any key was pressed. I decided to just unistall and reinstall. I'll need to reset it all up now but...