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GameEx 5.23 Released.

Tom Speirs

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Tom Speirs GameEx God (Top Rank)

Tom Speirs

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26th November 2005
- GameEx 5.23

  • OK, the new working of show
    desktop was not working for everyone so I've
    reverted back an tried a new approach.
  • There's a new display setting
    to hide the desktop. With this setting on when in
    full screen mode GameEx will hide the desktop
    ICONS, and set the Wallpaper to tiled black. This
    is a much better approach, and assuming you have
    no other apps open, the transition to apps and
    emulators that need the show desktop setting
    should be normally seamless.
  • I also modified the wait
    before keys setting to be used even if no keys are
    specified, as HideOS.exe is not closed until this
    timer has passed.
  • Therefore to load Visual
    Pinball seamlessly set this setting to about 8000
    (8 seconds)
  • Fixed: text and layout now
    resizes correctly when going from windowed to full
    screen.
  • Fixed: Snap and background
    videos now show and reload when changing Windowed/    Full screen.
  • Just to clear up things about
    .net framework 2.0. GameEx does not use version
    2.0 (yet). You should install 1.1. 
  • Microsoft seem to be creating
    a bit of a dll hell situation with the different
    versions. If you have version 1.0 installed,
    Windows Update will give you the option to
    download 2.0 only. Where GameEx runs on 1.1 with
    support for 1.0
  •  .net 2.0 if installed
    broke GameEx previously even though GameEx will
    only use 1.0 or 1.1. The update was to fix this
    issue and make GameEx work if you happen to
    download it from Windows Update or use it for
    other apps. Installing .net framework 2.0 will not
    improve or affect anything in GameEx in any way
    (at the moment)
  • Everyone finds this very
    confusing, and MS does not seem to attempt to make
    this better understood. They often don't tell you
    at face value even if your using a beta version,
    or provide good versioning information for Beta
    versions, but still encourage you to download
    them.
  • I do plan on starting to use
    Visual Studio 2005, and I will be upgrading GameEx
    to use Visual Studio 2005 and .net framework 2.0
    in the future once I have some reserve cash to buy
    the development suite, and I see some benefit in
    upgrading.


bobross Super Member!

bobross

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Hi Tom,

Version 5.23 is working great so far. Is it possible to change the time GameEx hides the desktop with that new display setting? Visual Pinmame now just needs a hair longer to be hidden before its finished loading a table. :)

Thanks for all the recent updates! Oh for some reason I thought you were here in the US :)

BR

Tom Speirs GameEx God (Top Rank)

Tom Speirs

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Hi Tom,

Version 5.23 is working great so far.  Is it possible to change the time GameEx hides the desktop with that new display setting?  Visual Pinmame now just needs a hair longer to be hidden before its finished loading a table.  :)

Thanks for all the recent updates!  Oh for some reason I thought you were here in the US :)

BR

If you set Wait Before keys to something like 8000 it should hide the startup of it,

No worries, it's normal.

movieman317 Ultimate GameEx Guru!

movieman317

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Hi Tom,

Version 5.23 is working great so far.  Is it possible to change the time GameEx hides the desktop with that new display setting?  Visual Pinmame now just needs a hair longer to be hidden before its finished loading a table.  :)

Thanks for all the recent updates!  Oh for some reason I thought you were here in the US :)

BR

i installed the Version 5.23 with my mame32 /Mame32v.102 and everything loaded up nice but my desktop screen shifted when i booted up the new version of gameex what did i do wrong how do i fix this

:(

bobross Super Member!

bobross

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i installed the Version 5.23 with my mame32 /Mame32v.102 and everything loaded up nice but my desktop screen shifted when i booted up the new version of gameex what did i do wrong how do i fix this

:(

Your desktop shifted? What version of GameEx are you upgrading from? I have been upgrading my mame32 and GameEx with no graphic issues since 5.11. Are you talking about all you desktop icons and such?

BR

Tom Speirs GameEx God (Top Rank)

Tom Speirs

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i installed the Version 5.23 with my mame32 /Mame32v.102 and everything loaded up nice but my desktop screen shifted when i booted up the new version of gameex what did i do wrong how do i fix this

:(

Please stop this behaviour, your sending PM's to me and posting at the same time, and also double posting, your trying my patience. Are you over 16 (as specified in the forum rules)? I can only put your rudeness down to you being very young.

Tom Speirs GameEx God (Top Rank)

Tom Speirs

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Galaxian Theme = Best Theme to Date for Mame.

Thank you.  Thank you.  Thank you!!!

Time

I really can't take credit for it, it was by HeadKaze, who seems to be a very talented chap in all areas of IT.

time4akshun Super Member!

time4akshun

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Thanks to both. Excellent integration. You ease of install Tom is what makes GameEx great. Front ends that are a nitemare to config make things frustrating.

My System 1 Cab is finally stripped and the Mame machine running GameEx will take place of the old Indiana Jones guts!!

Picture to follow on the cabinets page...

Time

Smiff Ultimate GameEx Guru!

Smiff

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hmm 5.22 the way you were hiding the desktop seemed fine to me, i'll try this later :/ maybe you need option for desktop hide method or something.

update: ok 5.23 seems ok aswell for me, except two things:

1) its possible to leave your desktop black - not the worst thing in the world, but something i saw.

update: yeah still black after changing desktop colour.. what's up with that?!

2) having problems transitioning in and out of Fusion (Sega emulator). anyone else seeing this? (stuck on black screen, fusion running and using lots of cpu time). not sure if this is new or gameex problem because havent used fusion in a while. have to force kill fusion.exe, then gameex comes back fine. (showdesktop=false, this def used to work ok a few months ago).

headkaze GameEx God (Top Rank)

headkaze

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If you set Wait Before keys to something like 8000 it should hide the startup of it,

No worries, it's normal.

I didn't know you had to send keys for Visual Pinball? What keys need to be sent? If you were supposed to send keys, then I think we have found the problem a few of us were having. Perhaps hiding the icons and wallpaper was an unessessary move. I think the older method of hiding was better than hiding the icons and wallpaper anyway.

Also, found a small bug on this release, after launching GameEx and exiting it changes my wallpaper from being stretched to tiled.

movieman317 Ultimate GameEx Guru!

movieman317

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I didn't know you had to send keys for Visual Pinball? What keys need to be sent? If you were supposed to send keys, then I think we have found the problem a few of us were having. Perhaps hiding the icons and wallpaper was an unessessary move. I think the older method of hiding was better than hiding the icons and wallpaper anyway.

Also, found a small bug on this release, after launching GameEx and exiting it changes my wallpaper from being stretched to tiled.

1.my desktop shifted? installed the Version 5.23 of GameEx mame32 /Mame32v.102 is what im sorry about sending you PM's dbbl and posting at the same time, your trying my patience. dude im 35 kind gets iretating when know one answers you ill show you my desktop what it did when i clicked on Version 5.23 of GameEx

2. where do i find daphne the emulator at and what version do i need to get to play these laserdisk roms on my computer

3. the daphne emulator i downloaded is

Sega CD Roms will that work on the daphne emaultor

btw sorry TSpeirs and other fellow member for pm you and dbbl posting will not happen again

do you see how my desktop shifted how do i fix that

[email protected]

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headkaze GameEx God (Top Rank)

headkaze

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1.my desktop shifted? installed the Version 5.23 of GameEx mame32 /Mame32v.102 is what im sorry about sending you  PM's dbbl  and posting at the same time,  your trying my patience. dude im 35 kind gets iretating when know one answers you ill show you my desktop what it did when i clicked on  Version 5.23 of GameEx

2. where do i find daphne the emulator at and what version do i need to get to play these laserdisk roms on my computer

.. etc..

1. The "shifted screen" you describe is simply the wallpaper going from stretched to tiled, as I have already stated in the post you quoted above. Tom is now aware of this, so you don't need to post about it again in obnoxious bold blue text. :angry:

2. Use Google, we are not an Internet service which helps people learn how to use ordinary functions of a computer system.

3. How do we know what's on your "Sega CD Roms" disc??

movieman317 Ultimate GameEx Guru!

movieman317

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1. The "shifted screen" you describe is simply the wallpaper going from stretched to tiled, as I have already stated in the post you quoted above. Tom is now aware of this, so you don't need to post about it again in obnoxious bold blue text.  :angry:

2. Use Google, we are not an Internet service which helps people learn how to use ordinary functions of a computer system.

3. How do we know what's on your "Sega CD Roms" disc??

1. sorry

2. it asked me you are about to start daphne without a laser disc player or MEPEG

configured how do i fix that look on the pictures

[email protected]

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time4akshun Super Member!

time4akshun

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Movieman,

You should check with RomCenter or daphne-emu.com. This forum is only for GameEx support. Your problem is with the config of Daphne which is not very easy to do.

Tiptonware.com offers a automatic configutaiton of Daphne so you might try his set as it is plug and play.

Time

1. sorry well i went to romcenter and i pay 6.99 a month for these roms that is why i asked is everythig set up right for the daphne emulator

2. it asked me you are about to start daphne without a laser disc player or MEPEG

configured how do i fix that look on the pictures

[email protected]

time4akshun Super Member!

time4akshun

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5.23 Bug.

Tom,

Arcade Ambience plays in the background when you go to your jukebox!!! MP3's and Ambience play together. Not what you intended Im sure. Ambience should go to sleep when in Jukebox and come back upon exit of Jukebox.

Time

bobross Super Member!

bobross

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Tom, now that Visual Mame is launching great, can you do anything about exiting? "The Quit?" dialog box appears briefly when escape is pressed. The visual pinball CAD screen shows for a brienf moment also.

movieman317 Ultimate GameEx Guru!

movieman317

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Tom, now that Visual Mame is launching great, can you do anything about exiting?  "The Quit?" dialog box appears briefly when escape is pressed.  The visual pinball CAD screen shows for a brienf moment also.

for snes the emulator that im using is znes ver. 1.42 the emulator loaded up find on gameex no problem but it had a trouble finding the roms tho i have pictures for you guys to look at maybe you can help

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movieman317 Ultimate GameEx Guru!

movieman317

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for snes the emulator that im using is znes ver. 1.42 the emulator loaded up find on gameex no problem but it had a trouble finding the roms tho i have pictures for you guys to look at maybe you can help  here is my log below form gameex

21:32:15.5  11/26/2005:  GameEx: Version 5.23: Starting Log

21:32:15.5  11/26/2005:  Operating System Platform: Win32NT

21:32:15.5  11/26/2005:  Operating System Name: Windows XP

21:32:15.5  11/26/2005:  Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

21:32:15.5  11/26/2005:  Checking Registration

21:32:15.5  11/26/2005:  Running Randomize()

21:32:15.5  11/26/2005:  Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

21:32:15.6  11/26/2005:  Running Misc startup tasks

21:32:15.6  11/26/2005:  Setting Menu types

21:32:15.6  11/26/2005:  Opening Configuration File

21:32:15.6  11/26/2005:  Getting Configuration Values

21:32:15.6  11/26/2005:  Using Theme: Default - Default

21:32:15.6  11/26/2005:  Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default

21:32:15.7  11/26/2005:  Text/Language: English

21:32:15.7  11/26/2005:  Applying Language/Text

21:32:15.8  11/26/2005:  Custom Keyboard Input enabled: Getting custom codes

21:32:15.8  11/26/2005:  Creating Scancodes.txt (List of DirectInput scan codes)

21:32:15.9  11/26/2005:  Snap Delay set to: 3

21:32:15.9  11/26/2005:  Is Media Center running?

21:32:15.9  11/26/2005:  Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

21:32:16.0  11/26/2005:  Media Center Mode 2

21:32:16.0  11/26/2005:  Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

21:32:16.0  11/26/2005:  Get other settings

21:32:16.0  11/26/2005:  Using 2D Animations

21:32:16.1  11/26/2005:  Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black

21:32:16.1  11/26/2005:  Backing up Registry Wallpaper Settings

21:32:16.2  11/26/2005:  Using DirectInput for keyboard input

21:32:16.2  11/26/2005:  Start work for Form

21:32:16.2  11/26/2005:  Getting Original Screen Size

21:32:16.3  11/26/2005:  Loading ICON

21:32:16.4  11/26/2005:  Initializing Component

21:32:16.5  11/26/2005:  Initialising Bass Audio Library

21:32:17.2  11/26/2005:  Loading default loading screen

21:32:17.6  11/26/2005:  Using General Font: Trebuchet MS

21:32:17.6  11/26/2005:  Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS

21:32:17.6  11/26/2005:  Initialising DirectDraw

21:32:18.5  11/26/2005:  Creating DirectDraw Device

21:32:19.5  11/26/2005:  Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

21:32:19.6  11/26/2005:  Creating Primary Surface - Windowed Mode

21:32:19.6  11/26/2005:  Creating Back Buffer

21:32:19.7  11/26/2005:  Loading graphic surfaces

21:32:19.8  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

21:32:20.1  11/26/2005:  Creating Surface Volume

21:32:20.2  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Arrows

21:32:20.3  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

21:32:20.3  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Toolbar

21:32:20.6  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

21:32:21.4  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

21:32:21.5  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

21:32:21.6  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

21:32:21.8  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Snaps

21:32:21.8  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

21:32:22.2  11/26/2005:  Creating Fonts

21:32:22.3  11/26/2005:  Creating Menu Font

21:32:22.9  11/26/2005:  Creating Game Font

21:32:23.2  11/26/2005:  Creating Game Font Standard Size

21:32:23.8  11/26/2005:  Creating Font Black

21:32:24.0  11/26/2005:  Creating Font Black Small

21:32:24.1  11/26/2005:  Creating Game Font Faded

21:32:24.3  11/26/2005:  Creating Title Font

21:32:25.3  11/26/2005:  Fonts Created Succesfully

21:32:50.8  11/26/2005:  Initialising Windows Media Player Component

21:32:52.1  11/26/2005:  MAME Path is: C:\mame32

21:32:52.1  11/26/2005:  MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe

21:32:52.2  11/26/2005:  ROM Path is: C:\mame32\ROMS

21:32:52.2  11/26/2005:  Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

21:32:52.2  11/26/2005:  controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

21:32:52.3  11/26/2005:  History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

21:32:52.3  11/26/2005:  nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

21:32:52.3  11/26/2005:  MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

21:32:52.4  11/26/2005:  Loading Controls.ini map file

21:32:52.5  11/26/2005:  Loading Custom Emulators

21:32:52.5  11/26/2005:  Loading Emulator 2: Nintendo SNES games

21:32:52.7  11/26/2005:  Loading OfflineList Dat File for emulator: 2

21:32:52.7  11/26/2005:  Cannot Find Offline List Dat File

21:32:53.5  11/26/2005:  Snap Path is: C:\mame32\SNAPSHOTS

21:32:53.5  11/26/2005:  AVI Snap Path: Not Found

21:32:53.5  11/26/2005:  Flyer Path is: C:\mame32\FLYERPACKS

21:32:53.6  11/26/2005:  Cabinet Path is: C:\mame32\CABINETS

21:32:53.6  11/26/2005:  Title Path is: C:\mame32\titles

21:32:53.6  11/26/2005:  Panel Path: Not Found

21:32:53.7  11/26/2005:  Icon Path is: C:\mame32\ICONS

21:32:53.7  11/26/2005:  Marquee Path: Not Found

21:32:53.7  11/26/2005:  MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy

21:32:53.7  11/26/2005:  Attempting to load game list

21:32:54.3  11/26/2005:  Loading last used Game List

21:32:57.7  11/26/2005:  Creating DirectSound Device

21:32:57.8  11/26/2005:  Trying: Primary Sound Driver

21:32:57.8  11/26/2005:  Loading Sound Files

21:32:58.1  11/26/2005:  DirectSound Device Created Successfully

21:32:58.1  11/26/2005:  Creating ICONS

21:32:58.2  11/26/2005:  Restoring Cached ICONS from File

21:32:59.7  11/26/2005:  Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support

21:32:59.8  11/26/2005:  Unable to create a joystick device

21:32:59.8  11/26/2005:  Initialising DirectInput for Keyboard support

21:33:00.0  11/26/2005:  Playing intro sound file

21:33:00.0  11/26/2005:  Initializing MCE Remote

21:33:00.1  11/26/2005:  Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

21:33:00.2  11/26/2005:  Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

21:33:01.2  11/26/2005:  Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

21:33:06.1  11/26/2005:  Validating: Emulator_2: Custom Background: C:\Program Files\OfflineList0.7\imgs\SNES - Official OfflineList

21:33:06.1  11/26/2005:  Warning: Emulator_2: Custom Background Does not exist

21:33:06.1  11/26/2005:  Validating: Emulator_2: Snap Path: C:\Program Files\OfflineList0.7\imgs\SNES - Official OfflineList

21:33:06.1  11/26/2005:  Warning: Emulator_2: Snap Path Does not exist

21:33:06.1  11/26/2005:  Validating: Emulator_2: Title Snap Path: G:\zsnes\titles

21:33:06.2  11/26/2005:  Warning: Emulator_2: Title Snap Path Does not exist

21:33:06.2  11/26/2005:  Validating: Emulator_2: Box Art Path: G:\zsnes\Boxscans_SNES_(USA)_28May04

21:33:06.2  11/26/2005:  Warning: Emulator_2: Box Art Path Does not exist

21:33:06.3  11/26/2005:  Validating: Emulator_2: Cart Art Path: G:\zsnes\CartScans SNES USA

21:33:06.3  11/26/2005:  Warning: Emulator_2: Cart Art Path Does not exist

21:40:28.1  11/26/2005:  Exiting GameEx!

21:40:28.4  11/26/2005:  Saving Settings

21:40:29.4  11/26/2005:  Writing Game List to disk

21:40:29.6  11/26/2005:  Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

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headkaze GameEx God (Top Rank)

headkaze

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Hey movieman

Your post is not really to do with the original post which is "GameEx 5.23 Released", other posts relate to this release hence being "On Topic". Your last two threads are really OT (off topic) and deserve a new topic. Sorry to be on your back about this, but I'm trying to help you learn the way things are on a forum. Your obviously new to all this, so it's okay. Also, talk about ROMs is frowned upon, so try to keep talk about that to a minimum. And pasting your error log over and over is not needed 99% of the time, so only paste it if we ask for it, thanks.

As for your problem with znes, try changing:

Emu_2 Rom Filter: *.zip

to

Emu_2 Rom Filter: *.smc;*.fig

movieman317 Ultimate GameEx Guru!

movieman317

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Hey movieman

Your post is not really to do with the original post which is "GameEx 5.23 Released", other posts relate to this release hence being "On Topic". Your last two threads are really OT (off topic) and deserve a new topic. Sorry to be on your back about this, but I'm trying to help you learn the way things are on a forum. Your obviously new to all this, so it's okay. Also, talk about ROMs is frowned upon, so try to keep talk about that to a minimum. And pasting your error log over and over is not needed 99% of the time, so only paste it if we ask for it, thanks.

As for your problem with znes, try changing:

Emu_2 Rom Filter: *.zip

to

Emu_2 Rom Filter: *.smc;*.fig

nope i pasted it there just like you said i did not work here is the log file below

23:04:24.7 11/26/2005: GameEx: Version 5.23: Starting Log

23:04:24.9 11/26/2005: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

23:04:24.9 11/26/2005: Operating System Name: Windows XP

23:04:24.9 11/26/2005: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

23:04:24.9 11/26/2005: Checking Registration

23:04:24.9 11/26/2005: Running Randomize()

23:04:25.0 11/26/2005: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

23:04:25.2 11/26/2005: Running Misc startup tasks

23:04:25.2 11/26/2005: Setting Menu types

23:04:25.2 11/26/2005: Opening Configuration File

23:04:25.2 11/26/2005: Getting Configuration Values

23:04:25.3 11/26/2005: Using Theme: Default - Default

23:04:25.3 11/26/2005: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default

23:04:25.4 11/26/2005: Text/Language: English

23:04:25.4 11/26/2005: Applying Language/Text

23:04:25.5 11/26/2005: Custom Keyboard Input enabled: Getting custom codes

23:04:25.5 11/26/2005: Creating Scancodes.txt (List of DirectInput scan codes)

23:04:25.6 11/26/2005: Snap Delay set to: 3

23:04:25.6 11/26/2005: Is Media Center running?

23:04:25.6 11/26/2005: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

23:04:25.7 11/26/2005: Media Center Mode 2

23:04:25.7 11/26/2005: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

23:04:25.7 11/26/2005: Get other settings

23:04:25.7 11/26/2005: Using 2D Animations

23:04:25.8 11/26/2005: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black

23:04:25.8 11/26/2005: Backing up Registry Wallpaper Settings

23:04:25.8 11/26/2005: Using DirectInput for keyboard input

23:04:25.9 11/26/2005: Start work for Form

23:04:25.9 11/26/2005: Getting Original Screen Size

23:04:26.0 11/26/2005: Loading ICON

23:04:26.2 11/26/2005: Initializing Component

23:04:26.4 11/26/2005: Initialising Bass Audio Library

23:04:27.2 11/26/2005: Loading default loading screen

23:04:27.4 11/26/2005: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS

23:04:27.4 11/26/2005: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS

23:04:27.4 11/26/2005: Initialising DirectDraw

23:04:28.1 11/26/2005: Creating DirectDraw Device

23:04:28.8 11/26/2005: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

23:04:28.8 11/26/2005: Creating Primary Surface - Windowed Mode

23:04:28.9 11/26/2005: Creating Back Buffer

23:04:28.9 11/26/2005: Loading graphic surfaces

23:04:29.1 11/26/2005: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

23:04:29.4 11/26/2005: Creating Surface Volume

23:04:29.5 11/26/2005: Creating Surfaces Arrows

23:04:29.5 11/26/2005: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

23:04:29.6 11/26/2005: Creating Surfaces Toolbar

23:04:30.1 11/26/2005: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

23:04:30.4 11/26/2005: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

23:04:30.5 11/26/2005: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

23:04:30.6 11/26/2005: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

23:04:30.7 11/26/2005: Creating Surfaces Snaps

23:04:30.7 11/26/2005: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

23:04:31.2 11/26/2005: Creating Fonts

23:04:31.2 11/26/2005: Creating Menu Font

23:04:31.6 11/26/2005: Creating Game Font

23:04:31.9 11/26/2005: Creating Game Font Standard Size

23:04:32.5 11/26/2005: Creating Font Black

23:04:32.7 11/26/2005: Creating Font Black Small

23:04:32.9 11/26/2005: Creating Game Font Faded

23:04:33.0 11/26/2005: Creating Title Font

23:04:33.6 11/26/2005: Fonts Created Succesfully

23:04:58.8 11/26/2005: Initialising Windows Media Player Component

23:04:59.7 11/26/2005: MAME Path is: C:\mame32

23:04:59.8 11/26/2005: MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe

23:04:59.8 11/26/2005: ROM Path is: C:\mame32\ROMS

23:04:59.9 11/26/2005: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

23:04:59.9 11/26/2005: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

23:05:00.0 11/26/2005: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

23:05:00.0 11/26/2005: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

23:05:00.0 11/26/2005: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

23:05:00.0 11/26/2005: Loading Controls.ini map file

23:05:00.1 11/26/2005: Loading Custom Emulators

23:05:00.2 11/26/2005: Loading Emulator 2: Nintendo SNES games

23:05:00.2 11/26/2005: Loading OfflineList Dat File for emulator: 2

23:05:00.3 11/26/2005: Cannot Find Offline List Dat File

23:05:01.1 11/26/2005: Snap Path is: C:\mame32\SNAPSHOTS

23:05:01.1 11/26/2005: AVI Snap Path: Not Found

23:05:01.2 11/26/2005: Flyer Path is: C:\mame32\FLYERPACKS

23:05:01.2 11/26/2005: Cabinet Path is: C:\mame32\CABINETS

23:05:01.2 11/26/2005: Title Path is: C:\mame32\titles

23:05:01.3 11/26/2005: Panel Path: Not Found

23:05:01.3 11/26/2005: Icon Path is: C:\mame32\ICONS

23:05:01.3 11/26/2005: Marquee Path: Not Found

23:05:01.4 11/26/2005: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy

23:05:01.4 11/26/2005: Attempting to load game list

23:05:01.8 11/26/2005: Running: Mame32.exe -help

23:05:02.0 11/26/2005: Running: C: C:\mame32\Mame32.exe -help > C:\mame32\help.txt

23:05:06.1 11/26/2005:

23:05:06.1 11/26/2005: Now Outputing Mame32.exe - Help

23:05:06.1 11/26/2005:

23:05:06.2 11/26/2005:

23:05:06.2 11/26/2005: --BEGIN--

23:05:06.2 11/26/2005: M.A.M.E. v0.102 (Nov 14 2005) - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator

23:05:06.2 11/26/2005: Copyright © 1997-2005 by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME Team

23:05:06.2 11/26/2005:

23:05:06.3 11/26/2005: MAME is an emulator: it reproduces, more or less faithfully, the behaviour of

23:05:06.3 11/26/2005: several arcade machines. But hardware is useless without software, so an image

23:05:06.3 11/26/2005: of the ROMs which run on that hardware is required. Such ROMs, like any other

23:05:06.3 11/26/2005: commercial software, are copyrighted material and it is therefore illegal to

23:05:06.4 11/26/2005: use them if you don't own the original arcade machine. Needless to say, ROMs

23:05:06.4 11/26/2005: are not distributed together with MAME. Distribution of MAME together with ROM

23:05:06.4 11/26/2005: images is a violation of copyright law and should be promptly reported to the

23:05:06.4 11/26/2005: authors so that appropriate legal action can be taken.

23:05:06.4 11/26/2005:

23:05:06.5 11/26/2005: Usage: MAME gamename [options]

23:05:06.5 11/26/2005:

23:05:06.5 11/26/2005: MAME -showusage for a brief list of options

23:05:06.5 11/26/2005: MAME -showconfig for a list of configuration options

23:05:06.6 11/26/2005: MAME -createconfig to create a mame.ini

23:05:06.6 11/26/2005:

23:05:06.6 11/26/2005: For usage instructions, please consult the file windows.txt

23:05:06.6 11/26/2005:

23:05:06.7 11/26/2005: --END--

23:05:06.7 11/26/2005:

23:05:06.7 11/26/2005:

23:05:06.8 11/26/2005: Loading last used Game List

23:05:09.5 11/26/2005: Creating DirectSound Device

23:05:09.6 11/26/2005: Trying: Primary Sound Driver

23:05:09.7 11/26/2005: Loading Sound Files

23:05:09.9 11/26/2005: DirectSound Device Created Successfully

23:05:10.0 11/26/2005: Creating ICONS

23:05:10.1 11/26/2005: Restoring Cached ICONS from File

23:05:12.1 11/26/2005: Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support

23:05:12.2 11/26/2005: Unable to create a joystick device

23:05:12.3 11/26/2005: Initialising DirectInput for Keyboard support

23:05:12.4 11/26/2005: Playing intro sound file

23:05:12.5 11/26/2005: Initializing MCE Remote

23:05:12.6 11/26/2005: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

23:05:12.7 11/26/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

23:05:13.4 11/26/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

23:05:52.3 11/26/2005: Validating: Emulator_2: Custom Background: C:\Program Files\OfflineList0.7\imgs\SNES - Official OfflineList

23:05:52.3 11/26/2005: Warning: Emulator_2: Custom Background Does not exist

23:05:52.3 11/26/2005: Validating: Emulator_2: Snap Path: C:\Program Files\OfflineList0.7\imgs\SNES - Official OfflineList

23:05:52.4 11/26/2005: Warning: Emulator_2: Snap Path Does not exist

23:05:52.4 11/26/2005: Validating: Emulator_2: Title Snap Path: G:\zsnes\titles

23:05:52.4 11/26/2005: Warning: Emulator_2: Title Snap Path Does not exist

23:05:52.5 11/26/2005: Validating: Emulator_2: Box Art Path: G:\zsnes\Boxscans_SNES_(USA)_28May04

23:05:52.5 11/26/2005: Warning: Emulator_2: Box Art Path Does not exist

23:05:52.5 11/26/2005: Validating: Emulator_2: Cart Art Path: G:\zsnes\CartScans SNES USA

23:05:52.6 11/26/2005: Warning: Emulator_2: Cart Art Path Does not exist

23:07:05.6 11/26/2005: Writing Game List to disk

23:07:07.3 11/26/2005: Updating MAME Game List

23:07:07.5 11/26/2005: Running: C: C:\mame32\Mame32.exe -listxml > C:\mame32\listinfo.dat

23:07:40.0 11/26/2005: Opening Listinfo.dat

23:07:41.7 11/26/2005: Reading ListInfo.dat

23:08:27.8 11/26/2005: Reading ListInfo.dat - DONE

23:08:27.9 11/26/2005: Processing ListInfo.dat

23:08:33.8 11/26/2005: Listinfo.dat Processing Complete

23:08:34.0 11/26/2005: Sorting MAME Game List

23:08:34.7 11/26/2005: Adding History.dat info to gamelist

23:10:08.3 11/26/2005: Adding Catver.ini info to gamelist

23:11:29.5 11/26/2005: Adding Nplayers.ini info to gamelist

23:12:38.6 11/26/2005: Writing MAME Game List To File

23:12:50.7 11/26/2005: Adding MAMEInfo.dat info to gamelist

23:13:38.8 11/26/2005: Updating Year List

23:13:38.9 11/26/2005: Updating Manufacturer List

23:13:39.1 11/26/2005: Updating Category List

23:13:39.3 11/26/2005: Writing Year List To File

23:13:39.4 11/26/2005: Writing Manufacturer List To File

23:13:39.5 11/26/2005: Writing Category List To File

23:13:39.6 11/26/2005: Recreating ICONS

23:13:56.2 11/26/2005: Loading Game List

23:14:33.7 11/26/2005: Exiting GameEx!

23:14:33.9 11/26/2005: Saving Settings

23:14:34.8 11/26/2005: Writing Game List to disk

23:14:35.0 11/26/2005: Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

movieman317 Ultimate GameEx Guru!

movieman317

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nope i pasted it there just like you said

Emu_2 Rom Filter: *.smc;*.fig  nothing i did not work now here is the gameex log

11/26/2005:  GameEx: Version 5.23: Starting Log

23:04:24.9  11/26/2005:  Operating System Platform: Win32NT

23:04:24.9  11/26/2005:  Operating System Name: Windows XP

23:04:24.9  11/26/2005:  Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

23:04:24.9  11/26/2005:  Checking Registration

23:04:24.9  11/26/2005:  Running Randomize()

23:04:25.0  11/26/2005:  Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

23:04:25.2  11/26/2005:  Running Misc startup tasks

23:04:25.2  11/26/2005:  Setting Menu types

23:04:25.2  11/26/2005:  Opening Configuration File

23:04:25.2  11/26/2005:  Getting Configuration Values

23:04:25.3  11/26/2005:  Using Theme: Default - Default

23:04:25.3  11/26/2005:  Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default

23:04:25.4  11/26/2005:  Text/Language: English

23:04:25.4  11/26/2005:  Applying Language/Text

23:04:25.5  11/26/2005:  Custom Keyboard Input enabled: Getting custom codes

23:04:25.5  11/26/2005:  Creating Scancodes.txt (List of DirectInput scan codes)

23:04:25.6  11/26/2005:  Snap Delay set to: 3

23:04:25.6  11/26/2005:  Is Media Center running?

23:04:25.6  11/26/2005:  Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

23:04:25.7  11/26/2005:  Media Center Mode 2

23:04:25.7  11/26/2005:  Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

23:04:25.7  11/26/2005:  Get other settings

23:04:25.7  11/26/2005:  Using 2D Animations

23:04:25.8  11/26/2005:  Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black

23:04:25.8  11/26/2005:  Backing up Registry Wallpaper Settings

23:04:25.8  11/26/2005:  Using DirectInput for keyboard input

23:04:25.9  11/26/2005:  Start work for Form

23:04:25.9  11/26/2005:  Getting Original Screen Size

23:04:26.0  11/26/2005:  Loading ICON

23:04:26.2  11/26/2005:  Initializing Component

23:04:26.4  11/26/2005:  Initialising Bass Audio Library

23:04:27.2  11/26/2005:  Loading default loading screen

23:04:27.4  11/26/2005:  Using General Font: Trebuchet MS

23:04:27.4  11/26/2005:  Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS

23:04:27.4  11/26/2005:  Initialising DirectDraw

23:04:28.1  11/26/2005:  Creating DirectDraw Device

23:04:28.8  11/26/2005:  Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

23:04:28.8  11/26/2005:  Creating Primary Surface - Windowed Mode

23:04:28.9  11/26/2005:  Creating Back Buffer

23:04:28.9  11/26/2005:  Loading graphic surfaces

23:04:29.1  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs

23:04:29.4  11/26/2005:  Creating Surface Volume

23:04:29.5  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Arrows

23:04:29.5  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text

23:04:29.6  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Toolbar

23:04:30.1  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Backgrounds

23:04:30.4  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls

23:04:30.5  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo

23:04:30.6  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Home & Exit

23:04:30.7  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Snaps

23:04:30.7  11/26/2005:  Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars

23:04:31.2  11/26/2005:  Creating Fonts

23:04:31.2  11/26/2005:  Creating Menu Font

23:04:31.6  11/26/2005:  Creating Game Font

23:04:31.9  11/26/2005:  Creating Game Font Standard Size

23:04:32.5  11/26/2005:  Creating Font Black

23:04:32.7  11/26/2005:  Creating Font Black Small

23:04:32.9  11/26/2005:  Creating Game Font Faded

23:04:33.0  11/26/2005:  Creating Title Font

23:04:33.6  11/26/2005:  Fonts Created Succesfully

23:04:58.8  11/26/2005:  Initialising Windows Media Player Component

23:04:59.7  11/26/2005:  MAME Path is: C:\mame32

23:04:59.8  11/26/2005:  MAME EXE file is: Mame32.exe

23:04:59.8  11/26/2005:  ROM Path is: C:\mame32\ROMS

23:04:59.9  11/26/2005:  Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

23:04:59.9  11/26/2005:  controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

23:05:00.0  11/26/2005:  History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

23:05:00.0  11/26/2005:  nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

23:05:00.0  11/26/2005:  MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

23:05:00.0  11/26/2005:  Loading Controls.ini map file

23:05:00.1  11/26/2005:  Loading Custom Emulators

23:05:00.2  11/26/2005:  Loading Emulator 2: Nintendo SNES games

23:05:00.2  11/26/2005:  Loading OfflineList Dat File for emulator: 2

23:05:00.3  11/26/2005:  Cannot Find Offline List Dat File

23:05:01.1  11/26/2005:  Snap Path is: C:\mame32\SNAPSHOTS

23:05:01.1  11/26/2005:  AVI Snap Path: Not Found

23:05:01.2  11/26/2005:  Flyer Path is: C:\mame32\FLYERPACKS

23:05:01.2  11/26/2005:  Cabinet Path is: C:\mame32\CABINETS

23:05:01.2  11/26/2005:  Title Path is: C:\mame32\titles

23:05:01.3  11/26/2005:  Panel Path: Not Found

23:05:01.3  11/26/2005:  Icon Path is: C:\mame32\ICONS

23:05:01.3  11/26/2005:  Marquee Path: Not Found

23:05:01.4  11/26/2005:  MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow -joy

23:05:01.4  11/26/2005:  Attempting to load game list

23:05:01.8  11/26/2005:  Running: Mame32.exe -help

23:05:02.0  11/26/2005:  Running: C: C:\mame32\Mame32.exe -help > C:\mame32\help.txt

23:05:06.1  11/26/2005: 

23:05:06.1  11/26/2005:  Now Outputing Mame32.exe - Help

23:05:06.1  11/26/2005: 

23:05:06.2  11/26/2005: 

23:05:06.2  11/26/2005:  --BEGIN--

23:05:06.2  11/26/2005:  M.A.M.E. v0.102 (Nov 14 2005) - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator

23:05:06.2  11/26/2005:  Copyright © 1997-2005 by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME Team

23:05:06.2  11/26/2005: 

23:05:06.3  11/26/2005:  MAME is an emulator: it reproduces, more or less faithfully, the behaviour of

23:05:06.3  11/26/2005:  several arcade machines. But hardware is useless without software, so an image

23:05:06.3  11/26/2005:  of the ROMs which run on that hardware is required. Such ROMs, like any other

23:05:06.3  11/26/2005:  commercial software, are copyrighted material and it is therefore illegal to

23:05:06.4  11/26/2005:  use them if you don't own the original arcade machine. Needless to say, ROMs

23:05:06.4  11/26/2005:  are not distributed together with MAME. Distribution of MAME together with ROM

23:05:06.4  11/26/2005:  images is a violation of copyright law and should be promptly reported to the

23:05:06.4  11/26/2005:  authors so that appropriate legal action can be taken.

23:05:06.4  11/26/2005: 

23:05:06.5  11/26/2005:  Usage:  MAME gamename [options]

23:05:06.5  11/26/2005: 

23:05:06.5  11/26/2005:          MAME -showusage    for a brief list of options

23:05:06.5  11/26/2005:          MAME -showconfig  for a list of configuration options

23:05:06.6  11/26/2005:          MAME -createconfig to create a mame.ini

23:05:06.6  11/26/2005: 

23:05:06.6  11/26/2005:  For usage instructions, please consult the file windows.txt

23:05:06.6  11/26/2005: 

23:05:06.7  11/26/2005:  --END--

23:05:06.7  11/26/2005: 

23:05:06.7  11/26/2005: 

23:05:06.8  11/26/2005:  Loading last used Game List

23:05:09.5  11/26/2005:  Creating DirectSound Device

23:05:09.6  11/26/2005:  Trying: Primary Sound Driver

23:05:09.7  11/26/2005:  Loading Sound Files

23:05:09.9  11/26/2005:  DirectSound Device Created Successfully

23:05:10.0  11/26/2005:  Creating ICONS

23:05:10.1  11/26/2005:  Restoring Cached ICONS from File

23:05:12.1  11/26/2005:  Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support

23:05:12.2  11/26/2005:  Unable to create a joystick device

23:05:12.3  11/26/2005:  Initialising DirectInput for Keyboard support

23:05:12.4  11/26/2005:  Playing intro sound file

23:05:12.5  11/26/2005:  Initializing MCE Remote

23:05:12.6  11/26/2005:  Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!

23:05:12.7  11/26/2005:  Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame

23:05:13.4  11/26/2005:  Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully

23:05:52.3  11/26/2005:  Validating: Emulator_2: Custom Background: C:\Program Files\OfflineList0.7\imgs\SNES - Official OfflineList

23:05:52.3  11/26/2005:  Warning: Emulator_2: Custom Background Does not exist

23:05:52.3  11/26/2005:  Validating: Emulator_2: Snap Path: C:\Program Files\OfflineList0.7\imgs\SNES - Official OfflineList

23:05:52.4  11/26/2005:  Warning: Emulator_2: Snap Path Does not exist

23:05:52.4  11/26/2005:  Validating: Emulator_2: Title Snap Path: G:\zsnes\titles

23:05:52.4  11/26/2005:  Warning: Emulator_2: Title Snap Path Does not exist

23:05:52.5  11/26/2005:  Validating: Emulator_2: Box Art Path: G:\zsnes\Boxscans_SNES_(USA)_28May04

23:05:52.5  11/26/2005:  Warning: Emulator_2: Box Art Path Does not exist

23:05:52.5  11/26/2005:  Validating: Emulator_2: Cart Art Path: G:\zsnes\CartScans SNES USA

23:05:52.6  11/26/2005:  Warning: Emulator_2: Cart Art Path Does not exist

23:07:05.6  11/26/2005:  Writing Game List to disk

23:07:07.3  11/26/2005:  Updating MAME Game List

23:07:07.5  11/26/2005:  Running: C: C:\mame32\Mame32.exe -listxml > C:\mame32\listinfo.dat

23:07:40.0  11/26/2005:  Opening Listinfo.dat

23:07:41.7  11/26/2005:  Reading ListInfo.dat

23:08:27.8  11/26/2005:  Reading ListInfo.dat - DONE

23:08:27.9  11/26/2005:  Processing ListInfo.dat

23:08:33.8  11/26/2005:  Listinfo.dat Processing Complete

23:08:34.0  11/26/2005:  Sorting MAME Game List

23:08:34.7  11/26/2005:  Adding History.dat info to gamelist

23:10:08.3  11/26/2005:  Adding Catver.ini info to gamelist

23:11:29.5  11/26/2005:  Adding Nplayers.ini info to gamelist

23:12:38.6  11/26/2005:  Writing MAME Game List To File

23:12:50.7  11/26/2005:  Adding MAMEInfo.dat info to gamelist

23:13:38.8  11/26/2005:  Updating Year List

23:13:38.9  11/26/2005:  Updating Manufacturer List

23:13:39.1  11/26/2005:  Updating Category List

23:13:39.3  11/26/2005:  Writing Year List To File

23:13:39.4  11/26/2005:  Writing Manufacturer List To File

23:13:39.5  11/26/2005:  Writing Category List To File

23:13:39.6  11/26/2005:  Recreating ICONS

23:13:56.2  11/26/2005:  Loading Game List

23:14:33.7  11/26/2005:  Exiting GameEx!

23:14:33.9  11/26/2005:  Saving Settings

23:14:34.8  11/26/2005:  Writing Game List to disk

23:14:35.0  11/26/2005:  Checking for applications to Launch On Exit

movieman317 Ultimate GameEx Guru!

movieman317

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do you think tom speirs would update gameex and put in the Snes9X emulator cause the snes roms come up on that emulator right away it reads those but for some reason it is not reading these snes roms on the gameex why can you help still

Tom Speirs GameEx God (Top Rank)

Tom Speirs

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I didn't know you had to send keys for Visual Pinball? What keys need to be sent? If you were supposed to send keys, then I think we have found the problem a few of us were having. Perhaps hiding the icons and wallpaper was an unessessary move. I think the older method of hiding was better than hiding the icons and wallpaper anyway.

Also, found a small bug on this release, after launching GameEx and exiting it changes my wallpaper from being stretched to tiled.

Im uploading 5.24 now which fixes the desktop issues. Its not to send keys. As I tried to explain in this release notes the wait now has an alternate function, in that this is the wait before it kills hideos.exe so the running emulator if just showing in a normal maximized window (not using directx) will then show.

Believe me the other method was very unreliable. This is much better.

headkaze GameEx God (Top Rank)

headkaze

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Im uploading 5.24 now which fixes the desktop issues. Its not to send keys. As I tried to explain in this release notes the wait now has an alternate function, in that this is the wait before it kills hideos.exe so the running emulator if just showing in a normal maximized window (not using directx) will then show.

Believe me the other method was very unreliable. This is much better.

There are better ways of doing this, that don't involve waiting. For example, if you use CreateProcess() to launch a program then WaitForInputIdle(), you can then EnumWindows() to match a window handle to the process ID. Once you have the handle you can force it to the foreground and top of z order, thus forcing any other screen into the background. I also have code which can achieve the same result from launching shortcuts (*.lnk). Normally getting a window handle of a program launched by a shortcut is difficult.

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