pinmame how do i stop this factory settings thing keep happening

[grayxx]

soe of the pinball games work ok, but sometimes when i put a poinball game on in my cabinet i get the facrtory settings thingy flashing and the game wont work? any help much appreciated.....

[brophog]

Exit out of the program and re-enter. That should create an nvram file. Without an nvram file, you get the factory settings message.

If it doesn't create a file, reset the machine with the F3 key. That will also write an nvram file.