keeps loosing mame path

[sWampy]

I have almost every thing on a gig-e nas mapped to G: and some reason, gamex keeps dropping the connection and not finding the drive. Anyone have what could be causing this, if i uninstall gameex and reinstall it, it comes back, otherwise I can't see mame games. It will work for a day or 2, then it starts this crap again.

G:\mame>net use

New connections will be remembered.

Status Local Remote Network

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OK G: \\NAS-10-07-78\media Microsoft Windows Network

The command completed successfully.

22:00:45.4 1/3/2009: GameEx: Version 9.79: Starting Log

22:00:45.4 1/3/2009: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

22:00:45.4 1/3/2009: Operating System Name: Windows Vista

22:00:45.4 1/3/2009: Operating System Version: 6.0.6001

22:00:45.4 1/3/2009: Vista Aero NOT running

22:00:45.4 1/3/2009: Initializing Vista volume control

22:00:45.4 1/3/2009: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

22:00:45.4 1/3/2009: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

22:00:45.4 1/3/2009: AMD Opteron Processor 250, 4094MB

22:00:45.4 1/3/2009: 2.39Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's

22:00:45.4 1/3/2009: Running Randomize()

22:00:45.4 1/3/2009: Loading PlugIns

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Running Misc startup tasks

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Setting Menu types

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Opening Configuration File

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Getting Configuration Values

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Using Theme: Default - Media Center

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Media Center

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Using Images from theme: Default - Media Center V1\MEDIA\

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Launching HideOS.exe

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance)

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Hiding Taskbar

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Is Media Center running?

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Media Center Mode 2

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Snap Delay set to: 2

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Get other settings

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black

22:00:45.5 1/3/2009: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

22:00:45.6 1/3/2009: Start work for Form

22:00:45.6 1/3/2009: Getting Original Screen Size

22:00:45.6 1/3/2009: Opening Database Connection

22:00:45.6 1/3/2009: Initializing Component

22:00:45.7 1/3/2009: Retrieving resolution setting

22:00:45.7 1/3/2009: Initialising Windows Media Player Component

22:00:45.7 1/3/2009: MAME Path is: G:\mame

22:00:45.7 1/3/2009: Cannot Find MAME Path: MAME Disabled

22:00:45.7 1/3/2009: Loading Controls.ini map file

22:00:45.7 1/3/2009: Using Version 3 Themes Animations

22:00:45.7 1/3/2009: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS

22:00:45.7 1/3/2009: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS

22:00:45.7 1/3/2009: Initialising DirectDraw

22:00:45.8 1/3/2009: Applying GameEx is Loading Image

22:00:45.8 1/3/2009: Creating DirectDraw Device

22:00:45.8 1/3/2009: Using Device: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS

22:00:46.5 1/3/2009: 2028mb video memory available

22:00:46.5 1/3/2009: Setting Resolution to 1280x1024 32 bit color

22:00:46.5 1/3/2009: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

22:00:46.5 1/3/2009: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

22:00:46.6 1/3/2009: Creating Back Buffer

22:00:46.6 1/3/2009: Loading graphic Surfaces

22:00:46.6 1/3/2009: Display is running at: 1280x1024 32bit color, 60hz

22:00:46.7 1/3/2009: Creating Surfaces Flags

22:00:46.7 1/3/2009: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

22:00:46.7 1/3/2009: Creating Surfaces Volume

22:00:46.7 1/3/2009: Creating Surfaces Arrows

22:00:46.7 1/3/2009: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

22:00:46.7 1/3/2009: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

22:00:46.7 1/3/2009: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

22:00:46.8 1/3/2009: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

22:00:46.8 1/3/2009: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

22:00:46.8 1/3/2009: Creating Surface Unselected

22:00:46.8 1/3/2009: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

22:00:46.8 1/3/2009: Creating Surfaces Snaps

22:00:46.8 1/3/2009: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

22:00:46.9 1/3/2009: Creating Fonts

22:00:46.9 1/3/2009: Creating Game Font

22:00:47.1 1/3/2009: Creating Game Font Faded

22:00:47.1 1/3/2009: Creating Title Font

22:00:47.2 1/3/2009: Restoring Title Font From Cache

22:00:47.4 1/3/2009: Creating Font Black

22:00:47.5 1/3/2009: Creating Font Black Small

22:00:47.7 1/3/2009: Fonts Created Succesfully

22:00:47.7 1/3/2009: 1978mb video memory left available

22:00:47.7 1/3/2009: Creating instance of global keyboard hook

22:00:47.8 1/3/2009: Loading Custom Emulators

22:00:47.9 1/3/2009: Text/Language: English

22:00:47.9 1/3/2009: Applying Language/Text

22:00:48.0 1/3/2009: Initialising Bass Audio Library

22:00:48.0 1/3/2009: MAME CMD options: -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo -mouse

22:00:48.0 1/3/2009: Loading last used Game List

22:00:48.1 1/3/2009: Setting Music Volume

22:00:48.1 1/3/2009: Creating DirectSound Device

22:00:48.1 1/3/2009: Trying: Primary Sound Driver

22:00:48.1 1/3/2009: Loading Sound Files

22:00:48.1 1/3/2009: DirectSound Device Created Successfully

22:00:48.1 1/3/2009: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support

22:00:48.2 1/3/2009: Unable to create a joystick device

22:00:48.3 1/3/2009: Initializing MCE Remote

22:00:48.3 1/3/2009: Playing intro sound file

22:00:48.3 1/3/2009: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

22:00:48.3 1/3/2009: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

22:00:48.8 1/3/2009: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

22:00:59.0 1/3/2009: Exiting GameEx!

22:00:59.0 1/3/2009: Saving Settings

22:01:00.3 1/3/2009: Disposing Plugins

22:01:00.3 1/3/2009: Closing database connection

22:01:00.3 1/3/2009: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

22:01:00.3 1/3/2009: Media Center was not open when starting GameEx, so not launching

[kenclops]

Might be a router problem. When it happens, have you tried exiting Gameex, wait a few minutes, then come back and enter Gameex again? Sometimes Windows takes a minute or two to display networked drives.

Also, why not host the files locally on your computer?