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For some reason GameEx has started taking 20-30 seconds to return to the MAME games list when I exit a game. It also does this when I change the view. During this delay the screen is blank, and the hard drive light blinks a couple of times per second (but not full-on).

What's going on here? It's frustrating that it didn't used to happen. The FAQ has an entry for this problem, but the solution is just to get the latest version of GameEx. I think I have the latest version as I have automatic updates switched on, but I did notice GameEx doesn't display the version number anywhere (that I can see)!

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FWIW, you can find the version number in the log file.

I've noticed a slow down as well, but wasn't sure if I changed my config somehow to cause this to happen so I didn't report it. I've also noticed that I'm seeing more windows popping up than I used to. For example, I've started seeing Project64 open prior to maximizing. In the past, I would just see a black screen until the game loaded. I've seen some similar things with MAME as well, so perhaps the hide desktop functionality has changed somewhat. Anyway, I haven't done any legwork to help, this is just a heads up to see if Tom or anyone else has noticed this.

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  bkenobi said:
FWIW, you can find the version number in the log file.

I've noticed a slow down as well, but wasn't sure if I changed my config somehow to cause this to happen so I didn't report it. I've also noticed that I'm seeing more windows popping up than I used to. For example, I've started seeing Project64 open prior to maximizing. In the past, I would just see a black screen until the game loaded. I've seen some similar things with MAME as well, so perhaps the hide desktop functionality has changed somewhat. Anyway, I haven't done any legwork to help, this is just a heads up to see if Tom or anyone else has noticed this.

I've noticed it as well. Thought it was just me.

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I did make some coding changes to how hideos.exe is launched last version, so Ill look at that.

the other thing I know causes delay returning is if gamees is trying to reload a radio station.

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I'm having this problem too. Sometimes it takes several minutes to come back. I'm using Windows 7 Rc1. fresh install. latest version of gameex and mame.

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  On 6/5/2009 at 12:34 AM, TSpeirs said:

On windows 7?

All: Please post log files.

Thanks.

I've been having this problem too, with the final Windows 7 release. I've attached the log file but there doesn't appear to be anything wrong that I can see. I've tested with multiple version of Mame and differing configurations, but the problem is always the same. The problem also happens on my laptop under Windows 7.

From what I can tell, the longer you play the game, the longer the pause after exiting Mame and returning to GameEx.

log.txt

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