D-fend, Shortcuts method and gamex?

[dschulpius]

Hi all,

I'm trying to set Gamex to launch my PC (dos) games. I've read threads that tell me to use D-fend Reloaded to set up the old games and then set up shortcuts (.lnk) to the config files to launch the games through Gamex. Well, I've got d-fend setting up and running the games nicely and know how to set up the shortcuts in Games. However I cant figure out what to point the shortcut to. Does d-fend make a config for that game launch and if so where is it stored? I found some files in d-fend's Confs folder that has the games name and an extension of .prof. When I point the shortcut to that and start it through Gamex windows tells me that it's cant run that file.

Thanks for the help, Dave

[dschulpius]

I actually made it work. I discovered a "make shortcut" menu option on the drop down menu when I right clicked on the set up game title in D-fend Reloaded. I put this in my shortcut folder and pointed my ROM path to it. It starts the game perfectly.

Next problem: when I close the dos game from with in the game it closes, d-fend shuts down but Gamex stays in the background and I return to the windows desktop. Any ideas on how I can get Gamex to show up?

Here's my .ini:

[Emulator_21]

Enabled=True

STARTPAGENAME=PC Games (D-fend Reloaded)

TITLETEXT=PC Games (D-fend Reloaded)

StartPageLogo=

ROMFilter=*.Lnk

RomPath=J:\Emulators\D-Fend Reloaded\VirtualHD\Shortcuts

SnapPath=

TitlePath=

BoxPath=

CartPath=

ManualPath=

ControlPanelPath=

InstructionsPath=

WorkingPath=J:\Emulators\D-Fend Reloaded

MapKeys=True

WaitBeforeKeys=

SendKeys=

ReplaceDash=True

ReplaceUnder=True

Capitals=True

RemoveBrackets=True

ShowDesktop=False

Debug=False

MAPFile=

AlsoLaunch=

Command=[ROMPath]\[RomFile]

OLDatZip=

LaunchBefore=

LaunchAfter=

configFile=

ExcludedFiles=

CustomBackground=

PlayMusic=

DontShowInfo=

PlaySelectionMusic=

SelectionMusicFolder=

PCGame=

DATABASE=

GamesIn7Zips=

PlayInScreenSaver=False

ShowMostPlayed=

RandomMostPlayed=

CDCheck=

CDCheckFile=

[GENERAL]

DumbyValue=

[Brian Hoffman]

I actually made it work. I discovered a "make shortcut" menu option on the drop down menu when I right clicked on the set up game title in D-fend Reloaded. I put this in my shortcut folder and pointed my ROM path to it. It starts the game perfectly.

Next problem: when I close the dos game from with in the game it closes, d-fend shuts down but Gamex stays in the background and I return to the windows desktop. Any ideas on how I can get Gamex to show up?

Here's my .ini:

[Emulator_21]

Enabled=True

STARTPAGENAME=PC Games (D-fend Reloaded)

TITLETEXT=PC Games (D-fend Reloaded)

StartPageLogo=

ROMFilter=*.Lnk

RomPath=J:\Emulators\D-Fend Reloaded\VirtualHD\Shortcuts

SnapPath=

TitlePath=

BoxPath=

CartPath=

ManualPath=

ControlPanelPath=

InstructionsPath=

WorkingPath=J:\Emulators\D-Fend Reloaded

MapKeys=True

WaitBeforeKeys=

SendKeys=

ReplaceDash=True

ReplaceUnder=True

Capitals=True

RemoveBrackets=True

ShowDesktop=False

Debug=False

MAPFile=

AlsoLaunch=

Command=[ROMPath]\[RomFile]

OLDatZip=

LaunchBefore=

LaunchAfter=

configFile=

ExcludedFiles=

CustomBackground=

PlayMusic=

DontShowInfo=

PlaySelectionMusic=

SelectionMusicFolder=

PCGame=

DATABASE=

GamesIn7Zips=

PlayInScreenSaver=False

ShowMostPlayed=

RandomMostPlayed=

CDCheck=

CDCheckFile=

[GENERAL]

DumbyValue=

With the space in your rom path Im suprised "[rompath]/[romfile]" wasn't required.

[dschulpius]

With the space in your rom path Im suprised "[rompath]/[romfile]" wasn't required.

I guess I'm a little rusty on my command line rules. I don't see a space. Could you point It out?

Dave

[Brian Hoffman]

I guess I'm a little rusty on my command line rules. I don't see a space. Could you point It out?

Dave

Your rompath is J:\Emulators\D-Fend Reloaded\VirtualHD\Shortcuts

There is a space between D-Fend and Reloaded.

Thats [rompath]

[romfile] may be leisure suit larry.lnk

so it would read [rompath]/[romfile] or the equivlent J:\Emulators\D-Fend Reloaded\VirtualHD\Shortcuts\leisure suit larry.lnk

Dos doesnt play nice with spaces so "J:\Emulators\D-Fend Reloaded\VirtualHD\Shortcuts\leisure suit larry.lnk" is usually required (notice the quotes)

This tells dos its all one long command.

Keep that in mind if you get errors setting other things up

[dschulpius]

Your rompath is J:\Emulators\D-Fend Reloaded\VirtualHD\Shortcuts

There is a space between D-Fend and Reloaded.

Thats [rompath]

[romfile] may be leisure suit larry.lnk

so it would read [rompath]/[romfile] or the equivlent J:\Emulators\D-Fend Reloaded\VirtualHD\Shortcuts\leisure suit larry.lnk

Dos doesnt play nice with spaces so "J:\Emulators\D-Fend Reloaded\VirtualHD\Shortcuts\leisure suit larry.lnk" is usually required (notice the quotes)

This tells dos its all one long command.

Keep that in mind if you get errors setting other things up

Thanks! I looked and looked at that damm line and didn't see the space.