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Game Launch in XP??
« on: August 11, 2002, 10:29:43 pm »
Hey.
I tired it...when i click to run a game it goes to the windows desktop sits there..then finally goes into the game? how can i fix that.....i tried start /wait mame.exe on and off..it did not help either way.

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Re:Game Launch in XP??
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2002, 11:55:12 am »

Hey.
I tired it...when i click to run a game it goes to the windows desktop sits there..then finally goes into the game? how can i fix that.....i tried start /wait mame.exe on and off..it did not help either way.


So, it *did* launch the game?  If so,  I'm not understanding what the problem is.  Or are you saying that it should not be showing the Windows desktop while its launching?

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Re:Game Launch in XP??
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2002, 04:57:54 pm »
Well what it did was launch it in the background almost or something...like it launchs it..goes out to desktop and sits there..in my taskbar i see GL and Mame.
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