Mala won't shut down windows, standby or run explorer after quiting.

[dkubarek]

Mala doesn't run whatever selection I have made when I quit the program. I'm running Windows XP in a shell and when I quit Mala with explorer.exe in the command the screen just goes to my desktop. No Explorer. I can get there using control-alt-delete and then running explorer or shutdown or standby from the taskbar menu either on run program or just the shutdown button. Any thoughts?

[loadman]

Mala doesn't run whatever selection I have made when I quit the program. I'm running Windows XP in a shell and when I quit Mala with explorer.exe in the command the screen just goes to my desktop. No Explorer. I can get there using control-alt-delete and then running explorer or shutdown or standby from the taskbar menu either on run program or just the shutdown button. Any thoughts?

Watz the debug log say?

[dkubarek]

Yea, sorry, I just learned how to activate the debug log. I bet that helps solve the problem. Here's some of the log where it occurred:

2009/01/27  20:32:25.78   Info: Starting MaLa 1.0.5.8
2009/01/27  20:32:25.79   Info: Check plugin directory: C:\mala\plugins
2009/01/27  20:32:25.79   Info: Collecting event plugins (*.mplugin) in C:\mala\plugins\
2009/01/27  20:32:25.81   Info: Check backup directory: C:\mala\backups
2009/01/27  20:32:25.81   Info: Check to see if hook dll is required
2009/01/27  20:32:25.81   Info: Win98/ME Hook dll not loaded because OS is: WinXP
2009/01/27  20:32:27.70   Info: Loading config params from ini file
2009/01/27  20:32:27.76   Info: Setting params from ini file
2009/01/27  20:32:27.76   Info: Creating and loading mame cl conditions: C:\mala\mame.clc
2009/01/27  20:32:27.78   Info: Creating and loading mame info pages: C:\mala\mame.mli
2009/01/27  20:32:27.78   Info: Creating and loading other emu info pages: C:\mala\otheremu.mli
2009/01/27  20:32:27.78   Info: Creating and loading filter sets: C:\mala\mala.mlf
2009/01/27  20:32:27.78   Info: Creating and loading non mame emulators: C:\mala\mala.mle
2009/01/27  20:32:27.78   Info: Creating and loading layout ...
2009/01/27  20:32:27.79   Info: Collecting layout files (*.mll) in C:\mala\
2009/01/27  20:32:27.79   Info: Creating and loading mala tree
2009/01/27  20:32:27.79   Info: Collecting game list files (mlg) in C:\mala\
2009/01/27  20:32:27.79   Info: Creating and loading bios
2009/01/27  20:32:27.92   Info: Creating audio object
2009/01/27  20:32:28.07   Info: Creating and loading mala lcd screens
2009/01/27  20:32:28.07   Info: Creating and loading mame lcd screens
2009/01/27  20:32:28.07   Info: Creating and loading jukebox lcd screens
2009/01/27  20:32:28.07   Info: Creating and loading led config and attroct mode list
2009/01/27  20:32:28.07   Info: Collecting attract mode files (*.mlc) in C:\mala\
2009/01/27  20:32:28.07   Info: Loading game list: C:\mala\01093bros_favs.mlg
2009/01/27  20:32:28.07   Info: Loading layout: C:\mala\alien.mll
2009/01/27  20:32:42.35   Info: Destroying audio object
2009/01/27  20:32:42.50   Info: Writing params to ini file
2009/01/27  20:32:42.60   Info: Screensaver: ScreenSaver Form Destroyed
2009/01/27  20:32:42.95   Info: Showing taskbar
2009/01/27  20:32:42.95   Info: Closing MaLa 1.0.5.8

[dungbeetle46]

you dont have a tick in use alternative shutdown method do you

[dkubarek]

no. nothing checked in alternative shutdown.

[dungbeetle46]

what are you using to shell mala

[dkubarek]

I'm not great with computers so I'm not sure if I'm answering this right. But, I'm using Windows XP pro and I made a shell in the registry.

[dungbeetle46]

try shelling with instantsheller (googleit) should fix the problem

[dkubarek]

Should I start over, or can I just have instant sheller override what I did? I used the wiki and liked my results. I also heard of a few people having instant sheller force a reinstall of Windows, which would suck. I'm fine with Mala now. I rarely need to have it shut down because I have Windows set to go to standby. I just wanted to see if there was an easy fix for Mala not running anything at close.

[dungbeetle46]

I am not sure if instantsheller will clash with your already done registry changes but I have used instantsheller for over 3 years in 7 cabs and never had a problem, so I will leave that decision to you
cheers

[dkubarek]

Probably a mistake on my part for assuming this, but Mala exits fine on esc, just not exiting using the mouse. It's not in a cab yet, but when it is I won't have a mouse so I'm good to go. Thanks for the help.

[loadman]

Probably a mistake on my part for assuming this, but Mala exits fine on esc, just not exiting using the mouse. It's not in a cab yet, but when it is I won't have a mouse so I'm good to go. Thanks for the help.

Yep,

If you exit via mouse it  assumed you are doing it for maintenance purposes and won't won't to shut down windows too.