GameEx Doesn't Remember MAME List

[murve33]

Each time I load GameEx I have to reload MAME's game list.

How do I make GameEx remember what games I have for MAME?

[Adultery]

Like the pop-up asks you to update the list?

Just right click to skip that prompt.

[murve33]

Didn't realize how incredibly vague my post was.

No, each time I open the MAME section I just have my Favorites folder displayed and nothing else.

If I rescan all of my games show up, but each time I exit they're gone again.

[Adultery]

Hmm, it may be a permissions issue with writing the mame map file...

Do you have the proper permissions to write to the GameEx > Data folder? Try running GameEx as administrator and see if that works.

[murve33]

[slavearm]

Does C:\GameEx\DATA\gamelist.txt exist? If so, does it contain the games you are finding during the update list command?

[murve33]

Yes it does, and it does list the games, along with all of the game descriptions.

[slavearm]

Can you try turning off verify and as much of the filtering as possible. I recently set this up a few times and have not seen this issue. Maybe we can narrow it down to a filter or some other issue causing us grief.

[Tempest]

Any chance that you have GameEx in 2 locations?

[murve33]

Alright, so I enabled the folder "Show all MAME Games" and I'm able to access my games there. It's odd that I can access my games outside of the directory if I rescan, but, as I said, it doesn't remember.

So to clarify, I'm accessing my Games through this method.

Main Menu

>MAME

>All MAME Games

>[My Games Are Listed]

It seems like it'd make a lot more sense to access them like:

Main Menu

>MAME

>[My Games Are Listed]

But oh well. Problem solved I suppose.

[Tempest]

There is a setting to show Mame on the main page, and if that doesn't work you can always use custom menus to make it look the way that you want it to.

[murve33]

Right, I have that ticked. But when I select it I get the menu (paraphrased):

>All MAME Games

>Rescan Collection

And nothing else.

And then when I select All MAME Games, I see my collection.

If I click Rescan it puts all of my games in the main MAME menu, but I have to rescan every time I reopen GameEx.

But, it's not a big deal.