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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: stevemartins on October 22, 2007, 04:28:35 am
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I've been having trouble with errors on Mala. I've only downloaded the program a few days ago so I'm still getting familiar with it but I can't seem to figure this one out. I have Mala set to automatically run when the computer turns on. The problem is, 90% of the time I get this error message when Mala attempts to run after startup:
Mala.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
After I close I can reopen Mala without problems.
The only way I can seem to prevent the error is that Mala must be running when I shut down and I have to manually shut down by clicking the start button and selecting shut down, even then I still sometimes get the error when I turn the computer back on and Mala attempts to run.
This is a problem because I would like Windows to be hidden when I install this computer in the cabinet. If i have to shut down Mala everytime I boot then reopen it to get the program to run then it kinda kills the whole "hide Windows" theme I'm going for. Ideally I would like to open straight into Mala and have the comptuer shut down when I close Mala Or shut down by pressing the power button that will be relocated on the outside of the cabinet somewhere. Problem is, I get the error message above the next time I startup when I try to shut down using either of those methods. As stated before I can only prevent this by manually shutting down windows through the start button (while Mala is running) which then exposes windows :( Can anyone help me out with this problem?
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Can't really help you out, but the best place to post this would be in the Software Forum. They helped me out with all of my Mala issue.
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as for that specific problem, i dont know what to tell you. as for hiding windows and having mala load at startup, you should check out the WIKI, there is a great section in there telling you how to do it.
http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Hiding_Windows
you never see windows on my cabinet at all. i changed my bios splash screen, windows boot screen, and wallpaper. the key to really hiding windows though is to have MALA load as the shell, instead of explorer..that way you never see the taskbar or desktop icons or anything like that. the computer boots directly to mala, you can then manually launch explorer if you need to do maintenance.
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I've got windows hidden and I have Mala now loading as the shell. I am no longer getting the error message. I'm not sure what was causing it but I'm guessing it was windows related since the problem has stopped after windows was disabled. Thanks for your help guys.