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Collywobbles:
Hi,

I have had this problem previously and managed to fix it, but now I have reconfigured my system and it is back and I can't remember what I did

Basically, when I run any games they run in a minimized DOS box in MAME and I have to ALT-TAB to bring them up.

I have vague memories of what I did last time, so I have set resolution 640x480 in the MAME version of MAME.INI which is the same as my screen resolution. I've also set switchres to 0 and switchbpp to 0. I also deleted all previous cfg files.

However, it still runs in a minimized box. This is driving me insane, any idea what have I forgotten to do?

Thanks!
Collywobbles
headkaze:
I've noticed MameWah do this too when I wanted it to launch Internet Explorer with the -k switch for kiosk mode. If the programmer replies to this thread I can give him some ideas on improving the launching of external programs using the Windows API. The only problem is MameWah is written in VB which dosn't always allow the flexibility that C does.
Collywobbles:
I should also like to add that I am running Windows 98 inside my MAME cabinet and using the standard Windows version of MAME.
Collywobbles:
I have now found a solution to this. If you are having this problem in Windows 98 set the commandline_format entry to {dosbox} instead of {nodosbox}. In theory, this shouldn't be required in MAME but it appears that it is for Windows 98 at least.

Collywobbles
Minwah:

--- Quote from: Collywobbles on October 30, 2005, 11:38:43 am ---I have now found a solution to this. If you are having this problem in Windows 98 set the commandline_format entry to {dosbox} instead of {nodosbox}. In theory, this shouldn't be required in MAME but it appears that it is for Windows 98 at least.

--- End quote ---

This shouldn't be required for Win98 either, Mamewah was first written under '98 and so I am sure of that.  However is seems some system do need to use {dosbox} - probably some system-specific reason.

Check you aren't using frames_to_run 1...this will cause the same behaviour.  Also you can try using {safelaunch} instead of {dosbox} - it might be a bit prettier.

Also goes without saying, but make sure you aren't running virus software or anything else which sits in the system tray.  They are a waste of resources and can cause odd problems to occur.
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