PINBALLX 5.05 lost focus on table win7

[mrgame]

I want to point out that since I installed version 5.05 pinballx does not work anymore now by launching the table it immediately 
comes out of the load and the table is minimized on the windows taskbar losing focus this happens on windows 7 x64

[Tom Speirs]

Hi,

I will need more information. Please provide log file and PinballX.ini.

Thanks.

Tom.

[mrgame]

thanks for your support tom!

I am also a supporter of the site .. I am attaching the .ini files .log let me know my friend 
I no longer know how to solve by launching pinballx and selecting the table exits the loading 
screen after the black screen in pinballx returns to the table selection wheel exiting pinballx 
I find the board loaded in visual pinball regularly from the process between pinballx and 
visula pinball is lost and to exit the visual pinball table I have to press the standard "Q" and not "ESC" to return to 
the pinballx wheel let me know pinballx and the best ever and can't disappoint me thanks

log.txt PinballX.ini

[Tom Speirs]

Sounds like a windows rights issue.

Perhaps visual pinball exe is set to run as admin?

Also, please disable auto show dmd media under display settings.

[mrgame]

i have visual pinball exes checked normally works no as administrator i only have the UAC check disabled

[mrgame]

the biggest problem is that pinballx after launching the visual pinball
 board returns to the main menu of the wheel and puts the board in the background losing focus ...

tom can you send me a guide of how to setup pinballx and visual pinball on windows 7 x64? 
or a complete pinballx folder already made to work on c: \ as well as the visual flipper? use "Administrator" user account

[Tom Speirs]

It should just work. It sounds like something is up with your windows install. Again likely a rights issue trying to check if the vpinballx.exe process has exited.

 

[Tom Speirs]

Can you confirm it works with previous version of PinballX?

[mrgame]

no unfortunately I tried in every way to make pinballx work I also installed on a clean pc always with win7 and nothing to do 
I also deactivated windows defender and all antivirus and removed all useless processes but it does not work unfortunately 
I tried with an account administrator and also set the start of both the visual pinball and pinballx exes and nothing to do
 the strange thing that with pinupopper and pinbally this problem does not occur !! tom you have to help me and understand 
how to make pinballx work which I consider much more valid than the other frontends I am a supporter of the forum because I believe in your project 
and ability my friend set me a folder of both pinballx and visual pinball and try again 
I tried everything believe me

[Mike_da_Spike]

Maybe a stupid question : why not upgrading to w10 ? W7 is out of support by Microsoft, but the upgrade is still free.

[mrgame]

Hi friend but in win10 work good sure? you have tested? thanks

[Tom Speirs]

Ill test with a windows 7 virtual machine and let you know.

PinballX has been developed on windows 10 for several years.

[mrgame]

ok tom wait for your test can you let me know what version of windows 10 I currently have to install to

be sure everything works fine and which libraries does pinballx need? net framework vc ++ etc ..

[Tom Speirs]

2 minutes ago, mrgame said:

 

be sure everything works fine and which libraries does pinballx need? net framework vc ++ etc ..

All libraries are included with the installer.

[mrgame]

ok my frien!! thank you now install a win10 pro 20H

and I'll let you know in the meantime please me to try on win7 x64 on a virtual machine thanks

[Mike_da_Spike]

I'm on Windows 10 pro 20H2 and using the 64 bit of PinballX as well.
Workign like a charm for me (I understand that it should work as well on W7, but if you are able to do a quick install, give it a shot on W10)

[PcTeknic]

There is currently not a single reason in favor of using Windows 7 instead of Windows 10.
However, I can cite you lots of disadvantages of using Windows 7 that you will not have with Windows 10.
I do not understand the reason for installing an operating system that was declared obsolete for a long time, when an operating system is declared obsolete, no program has the obligation to check its operation under that operating system and although you can solve this problem, do not have the least doubt that you will have more problems in the future since necessary components such as NetFramework will not be updated, you can stop having updates to your graph, etc.
As your colleagues advise, you better start from scratch with Windows 10, install all the Windows updates and then the VPinball software that you want to use, from the outset you will no longer have to give administrator permissions to anything, except PinballX in the case you use Future Pinball.

[mrgame]

thank you all for the advice my friends I install win10 20h2 and I will let you know have a good day !!

[Tom Speirs]

Works out the box for me on windows 7 x64 sp 1 other than having to use the .net 4.5 offline installer.

[mrgame]

I installed in windows 20h2 on a clean machine pinballx 5.08 but nothing to do unfortunately always the same problem the table loses focus minimizes itself to the bottom of the traybar and returns to the main menu of the pinballx wheel in other online forums other users also complain about the same problem I have disabled all the windows services, firewall, defender, uac and unfortunately nothing to do if someone can help me thank you from the heart I do not know how to explain this situation I have also installed on another pc and the problem is always the same. .. desktop pc and not pincab tested desktop mode 1 monitor ...

[Mike_da_Spike]

Can you create a video of it what is happening ?

Also, you mention multiple people has this issue, can you give an url to those issues?

And did this happen from v 5.05 and you didnt have it with the bersion before ?

[scutters]

I agree with Mike, a short video if possible could help.

@mrgame

Can you also confirm;

What are your VPX settings (fullscreen exclusive set)?

What happens if you run this from a command prompt? C:\Visual Pinball\VPinballX.exe /play -"C:\Visual Pinball\Tables\Robot (Zaccaria 1985).vpx"

You definitely don't have any compatibility settings checked for PinballX? right click -> properties, this screen;

 

 

 

[mrgame]

greetings to all of you friends ..
no setting on pinballx executable in properties or compatibility regarding the command line if I launch from "run" of win10 everything
 works normally opens visual pinballx and launches the robot table.vpx normally the problem arises if launched with the front-end fi 
pinballx practically launch the board from the wheel and after a few seconds the wording of "loading" goes away with black screen 
you can hear the sound effects of the table which is minimized in the taskbar and the screen returns to the pinballx wheel and the 
table remains minimized on the taskbar of windows I close pinballx and I find myself normally in full screen the loaded table but 
now no longer manageable by the control of the pinballx process because closed otherwise I would not be able to access the table ... 
if someone can send me some pinballx and visual pinball settings thank you in advance I try to make a short video to show you the problem better friends

[Draco1962]

Can you also attach copies of your pinballx.ini and log.txt files from your Windows 10 testing? Thanks.

[mrgame]

yes my friend attach the file please help wait for a solution thanks!

log.txt PinballX.ini