VPinMAME wont close

[mkysimes]

I followed a couple of tutotorials on the forums here and spent tons of time configuring VpinMAME but for some reason I can't seem to get it exit without ctrl-alt-del pretty much all the time. Any help would be greatly appreciated, here's my config:

[Emulator_3]

Enabled=True

DumbyValue=

STARTPAGENAME=Visual PinMAME

TITLETEXT=Pinball

StartPageLogo=pinball2

ROMFilter=*.vpt

RomsInFolders=False

RomPath=C:\Program Files\Visual Pinball\Tables

SnapPath=C:\Program Files\Visual Pinball\snap

TitlePath=C:\Program Files\Visual Pinball\snap

BoxPath=

CartPath=

WorkingPath=C:\Program Files\Visual Pinball\Tables

MapKeys=True

WaitBeforeKeys=

SendKeys=

ReplaceDash=False

ReplaceUnder=False

Capitals=False

RemoveBrackets=False

ShowDesktop=True

Debug=False

MAPFile=

AlsoLaunch=C:\Program Files\Visual Pinball\vpa1[1].1\VPA.exe

Command=..\vpinball.exe -play -"[ROMFILE]"

OLDatZip=

LaunchBefore=

LaunchAfter=

configFile=Visual Pinball V2

ExcludedFiles=

CustomBackground=

PlayMusic=

PCGame=

DATABASE=

GamesIn7Zips=

I had it exiting ok yesterday but only tried a few tables and I didn't change a thing today but for some reason it just doesn't go back to the GameEX screen and it just sits there on showing me the table but there's no PinMAME screen in the corner so it seems as if PinMAME might be closing but Visual Pinball is not. I think it may be a Windows thing because things don't go back to normal until I kill the Bugsolver.exe process.

Anyone have any guesses?

[shbon]

My config is the same apart from the line:

AlsoLaunch=C:\Program Files\Visual Pinball\vpa1[1].1\VPA.exe

Mine's

AlsoLaunch=D:\Program Files\GameEx\vpauto.exe

Maybe the same program, but try it?

Do VP tables that don't use VPInMAME (i.e. old tables) close OK?

Shaun

[TX_TRINITY]

I had some similar problems with a couple of apps that wouldn't shut down properly. The quickest and cleaner way (than using AutoIt Scripting) to kill a process is to use process killer from this site. Nod32 identifys this as a false positive but rest assured its just the prockill routine that it includes.

http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/proce...processutil.htm

I used this in the .ini to kil joy to mouse (pre Tom's Mouse emu days)

LaunchAfter=D:\GamexUtils\Process\Process.exe -k "Joystick 2 Mouse.exe"

[amos_82]

Try this out:

Launch After: taskkill.exe /F /IM VPA.exe

[Nologic]

Yeah as amos_82 suggests give that a try if your on Win2k or above...tho if that doesn't work like that try the following different versions of the same thing.

LaunchAfter=%windir%\system32\taskkill.exe /F /IM VPA.exe

LaunchAfter=""%windir%\system32\taskkill.exe" /F /IM "VPA.exe""

LaunchAfter=C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe /F /IM VPA.exe

LaunchAfter=""C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe" /F /IM "VPA.exe""

Tho thats for your game ini but you could just as easy paste the strings in to the GameEx control pannel...as amos_82 has suggested.

[TX_TRINITY]

Yeah as amos_82 suggests give that a try if your on Win2k or above...tho if that doesn't work like that try the following different versions of the same thing.

Tho thats for your game ini but you could just as easy paste the strings in to the GameEx control pannel...as amos_82 has suggested.

That's a more elegant solution by the look of it, I didn't even know 2k+ had a taskkill routine!

You learn something new everyday!

[mkysimes]

My config is the same apart from the line:

AlsoLaunch=C:\Program Files\Visual Pinball\vpa1[1].1\VPA.exe

Mine's

AlsoLaunch=D:\Program Files\GameEx\vpauto.exe

Maybe the same program, but try it?

Do VP tables that don't use VPInMAME (i.e. old tables) close OK?

Shaun

Thanks for the reply,

I'll give that version of vpauto.exe a shot but I ditched it before for the version that I have because it was more consistent with getting PinMAME to be in focus....don't know if you ever had that problem or not but sometimes you would have to go back to the mouse and click on the table to get it to respond wich is a pain for me because I hide my computer and use a cordless gamepad to control everything.

Good thought also on the "older" tables....I never play them because i don't know any of them.....hehe. However, I'll try one out though and maybe that would conclude if it's Visual Pinball or VPinMAME giving me the problems.

Thanks again,

Mike

[Nologic]

That's a more elegant solution by the look of it, I didn't even know 2k+ had a taskkill routine!

You learn something new everyday!

Yeah it does but I honestly perfer the one offered by Sysinternals, but thats a personal pref.

[shbon]

Thanks for the reply,

I'll give that version of vpauto.exe a shot but I ditched it before for the version that I have because it was more consistent with getting PinMAME to be in focus....don't know if you ever had that problem or not but sometimes you would have to go back to the mouse and click on the table to get it to respond wich is a pain for me because I hide my computer and use a cordless gamepad to control everything.

Good thought also on the "older" tables....I never play them because i don't know any of them.....hehe. However, I'll try one out though and maybe that would conclude if it's Visual Pinball or VPinMAME giving me the problems.

Thanks again,

Mike

You can bazooka the stubborn EXEs as suggested, but probably better to find out what's wrong in the first place. Does this BugSolver.exe need to be running. What happens if it's not running when you fire up GameEx?

Also check VP works properly, independently of GameEx...

Must admit though, that most of my tables are the old ones and hence I don't use vPinMAME that often...

Shaun

[mkysimes]

That's a more elegant solution by the look of it, I didn't even know 2k+ had a taskkill routine!

You learn something new everyday!

Actually I think you're right...I'm pretty sure WindowsXP Home doesn't have taskkill.exe wich unfortuanately for me is the op-system that I have. I did a search on my hard drive for that prog before and couldn't find it. Sure would make things easier though. Maybe I'll give that BeyondLogic prog a shot or maybe I'll try to command line taskkill...I'll try them both and see what happens. Either way thnks for the info everyone!!

You can bazooka the stubborn EXEs as suggested, but probably better to find out what's wrong in the first place. Does this BugSolver.exe need to be running. What happens if it's not running when you fire up GameEx?

Also check VP works properly, independently of GameEx...

Must admit though, that most of my tables are the old ones and hence I don't use vPinMAME that often...

Shaun

I agree I'd rather find the problem. I think Bugsolver.exe is part of the bug report system in Windows XP which I'm pretty sure can be shut off but then I don't know if it would still hang or not. Anyway, VP works fine all by itself but then it closes by going back to the editor and then exiting the prog. I'm not too sure how GameEX closes VP.

[shbon]

Actually I think you're right...I'm pretty sure WindowsXP Home doesn't have taskkill.exe wich unfortuanately for me is the op-system that I have. I did a search on my hard drive for that prog before and couldn't find it. Sure would make things easier though. Maybe I'll give that BeyondLogic prog a shot or maybe I'll try to command line taskkill...I'll try them both and see what happens. Either way thnks for the info everyone!!

I agree I'd rather find the problem. I think Bugsolver.exe is part of the bug report system in Windows XP which I'm pretty sure can be shut off but then I don't know if it would still hang or not. Anyway, VP works fine all by itself but then it closes by going back to the editor and then exiting the prog. I'm not too sure how GameEX closes VP.

Windows XP Pro...

Actually I think you're right...I'm pretty sure WindowsXP Home doesn't have taskkill.exe wich unfortuanately for me is the op-system that I have. I did a search on my hard drive for that prog before and couldn't find it. Sure would make things easier though. Maybe I'll give that BeyondLogic prog a shot or maybe I'll try to command line taskkill...I'll try them both and see what happens. Either way thnks for the info everyone!!

I agree I'd rather find the problem. I think Bugsolver.exe is part of the bug report system in Windows XP which I'm pretty sure can be shut off but then I don't know if it would still hang or not. Anyway, VP works fine all by itself but then it closes by going back to the editor and then exiting the prog. I'm not too sure how GameEX closes VP.

Not to put the wind up you, but http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-484854.php

Try googling BugSolver.exe - a lot of HiJackThis stuff.

Don't think it's part of Windows. (I might be wrong though...)

EDIT: AlienAutopsy comes up a lot...

EDIT2: I think you've got an Alien brand 'puter. Looks like their bug tracker software can cause problems ...

http://boards.filefront.com/showthread.php?t=234442

Just disable it.

EDIT3: Ah, I think I might understand. I think GameEx might do a taskkill equivalent on VPinball.exe to get rid of it and this is being 'caught' by your 'puters 'Dr Watson' type bug solving software... Conceivable?

Shaun

[mkysimes]

Windows XP Pro...

Not to put the wind up you, but http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-484854.php

Try googling BugSolver.exe - a lot of HiJackThis stuff.

Don't think it's part of Windows. (I might be wrong though...)

EDIT: AlienAutopsy comes up a lot...

EDIT2: I think you've got an Alien brand 'puter. Looks like their bug tracker software can cause problems ...

http://boards.filefront.com/showthread.php?t=234442

Just disable it.

EDIT3: Ah, I think I might understand. I think GameEx might do a taskkill equivalent on VPinball.exe to get rid of it and this is being 'caught' by your 'puters 'Dr Watson' type bug solving software... Conceivable?

Shaun

Yep...you're absolutely right...I uninstalled Alien Autopsy after finding out the same thing...useless crap anyway. I'll try it now and see if it works.

Thnanks again,

Mike

Yep...that was it. I still get the error message that Visual Pinball encountered a problem but at least it kills itself and I get back to the GameEX menu which is good enough for me. Still I wonder why VP has a problem closing? Hmm....oh well as long as i don't have to keep ctrl-alt-del everytime I want to load up a new table. Thanks again for all your help!!!!!!!

Happy Gaming,

Mike

[MtDew12oz]

Yep...you're absolutely right...I uninstalled Alien Autopsy after finding out the same thing...useless crap anyway. I'll try it now and see if it works.

Thnanks again,

Mike

Yep...that was it. I still get the error message that Visual Pinball encountered a problem but at least it kills itself and I get back to the GameEX menu which is good enough for me. Still I wonder why VP has a problem closing? Hmm....oh well as long as i don't have to keep ctrl-alt-del everytime I want to load up a new table. Thanks again for all your help!!!!!!!

Happy Gaming,

Mike

Ran into that problem as well but figured out that if you launch vpauto using a batch file it'll cut down on the crashes. I still get them but it's a lot better then it was. Try it.

[shbon]

Ran into that problem as well but figured out that if you launch vpauto using a batch file it'll cut down on the crashes. I still get them but it's a lot better then it was. Try it.

On first inspection, it seems to work! Not sure why?

Nice tip though!