MaLa crashing on bootup (but not otherwise?)

[IDDQD]

This is a problem I've been having for a couple days now; I'm not sure exactly when it started, but I think it was before I installed my new graphics card. Anyway, I have my computer set up to boot directly into MaLa when the computer turns on, but when it does that MaLa crashes. It used to happen just once, now it seems to crash twice, for some reason. This is what the log says -- I tried searching, but couldn't find anything related to this. What is also interesting is that it only crashes when the computer opens up, not when I boot MaLa on my own. Can anyone offer some help? Based on my couple years of German, it looks like it can't open All Games.mlb and Favorites.mlb. What are those files, and can I delete them?

2008/06/15  01:23:47.68   Error: Object Class: TfrmMain, Object Function: LoadBiosList, Exception Class: EFOpenError, Exception Message: Datei C:\mala\All Games.mlb kann nicht geöffnet werden
2008/06/15  01:24:47.65   Error: Object Class: TTimer, Object Function: LoadGameList, Exception Class: EFOpenError, Exception Message: Datei C:\mala\Favorites.mlg kann nicht geöffnet werden
2008/06/15  02:01:29.29   Error: Object Class: TfrmMain, Object Function: LoadBiosList, Exception Class: EFOpenError, Exception Message: Datei C:\mala\All Games.mlb kann nicht geöffnet werden
2008/06/15  02:05:06.98   Error: Object Class: TTimer, Object Function: LoadGameList, Exception Class: EFOpenError, Exception Message: Datei C:\mala\All Games.mlg kann nicht geöffnet werden

[loadman]

This is a problem I've been having for a couple days now; I'm not sure exactly when it started, but I think it was before I installed my new graphics card. Anyway, I have my computer set up to boot directly into MaLa when the computer turns on, but when it does that MaLa crashes. It used to happen just once, now it seems to crash twice, for some reason. This is what the log says -- I tried searching, but couldn't find anything related to this. What is also interesting is that it only crashes when the computer opens up, not when I boot MaLa on my own. Can anyone offer some help? Based on my couple years of German, it looks like it can't open All Games.mlb and Favorites.mlb. What are those files, and can I delete them?

It sounds like a 'current directory' type of issue.


mlb are game list files. 

Ideas:
- You could try deleting them and let mala re-create them after you start on boot up.
- Set-up mala again from scratch in a diffrect directory (eg mala2) and see if you have the same issues

[IDDQD]

Tried both of those solutions, and neither of them seem to have fixed it... I think the problem stems from me using my hacked .bat file to boot MAME from (see here) because it doesn't seem to happen when I use a regular MAME .125 .exe. Any ideas, loadman?

[loadman]

Ok it still seems like a 'current directory' issue.

Possible solution:

In the bat file type the full path on the changing directory lines.

example..For me on my PC it would be like this

:mame112
cd c:\mametable\mame112
mame %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6
cd ..
goto end

the path will be different for you obviously