Cant bring up menu in MAME anymore

[Metimbo]

Ok, its been a long time since I've been here.
Tab used to work to bring up a menu in MAME where I could access settings and Enter would act to Enter the function.  I havent played my MAME machine in a while and all the sudden, I push the Tab button and the menu wont come up.  The button mapped to tab still tabs outside of MAME.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
~Tim

[Katana Man]

This happened to me once too.  I deleted the config file to get it back.  There's probably a better way, but it's a quick fix.

[Metimbo]

Thanks K, sorry, been a long time since I've done any config-ing with mame.....can you give me a play by play?  I deleted MAME and can't remember how to have MAME make a new one.
Thanks again,
~Tim

[Metimbo]

Well, nevermind.  Deleted it and created new one, but that didn't help.  Any other suggestions on how to get it back?
~Tim

[elvis]

Maybe a silly question, but does your TAB key work outside of MAME?

Also, try running mame with the "-norc" flag to see if it responds.  This will stop it reading any config files and run from defaults.

[Metimbo]

Yes, Tab works outside of MAME.  Also, it worked when I played my Nintendo Emu withing Mamewah, when I switch back to MAME Emu, nothing.
Hmmm...
~Tim

[Metimbo]

Is there a place in MAME.ini or somewhere that shows where to use those controls?
It's weird that it works in my Nintendo Emu and not the MAME all the suddon.
~Tim

[SirPeale]

Delete 'default.cfg' from the cfg folder.

[Metimbo]

YES!  That did it!  Thanks!
~Tim

[SirPeale]

No worries.  Always consult the FAQ first:

http://www.mame.net/mamefaq.html#h04 was yours.