stigzler Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Permission to shoot me as I'm probably missing something really obvious. I have "Hide Desktop" set to No in Display settings, yet HIdeOS is still running on game launch. Searched through settings, can't find any others to trigger HideOS. I'm sure I've asked this before, but can't find the thread. Any ideas? Papers attached. GameEx.ini Theme.ini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 I can vouch for this happening on my setup as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 There is no setting to completely disable hideos.exe from launching. What exactly is the issue? Deleting the exe will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 In some events where I have had a game abend unexpectedly, I was unable to gain control, as if all focus was lost and a black screen was displayed. The only option was to shutdown. The log.txt file does not show anything useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Speirs Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 To close HideOS just alt tab to it and press ALT-F4. If you don't want it to show for an emulator set the option to show desktop for that emulator. No offence but taking that into consideration - what you said does not apply to hideos.exe specifically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I am not running anything other than integrated support for MAME, the online services, and Gamebase. When the black screen occurs, it is a toss up if I can get alt tab to even work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stigzler Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 On mine, both Hide Desktop set to No and Show Desktop set to Yes for specific Emu. However, GE still seems to run HideOS between GameLaunch and Emu start. A process/focus map: 15:05:07-50 [P] 14380 | 0792074 | ProcMessage | GameEx 15:05:11-55 [H] 14380 | 1776556 | GameEx|Playing:|Tai Fu - Wrath of the Tiger|57/60| | GameEx 15:05:12-03 [X] NO FOREGROUND WINDOW 15:05:12-61 [P] 11792 | 1251386 | GameExHideOS | HideOS 15:05:12-78 [P] 13280 | 1383390 | Focus Spy | FocusMonitor.vshost 15:05:13-60 [P] 09096 | 1776630 | PCSXR | pcsxr 15:05:14-81 [T] 09096 | 1776630 | PCSXR | State 0 | pcsxr ignore "Focus Spy" - that's the process logging the active window/process. My worry about deleting the HideOS file is that it'd be re-installed on update. Wonder if any way to have global setting "disable HideOS" or whether this'd be a ball ache? Could easily knock together a script to check for and delete the exe on GE startup, I suppose. Bet it feels like "small beer" in comparison to getting Evo ready + out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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