Hope this helps some of the noobs. If you get to this point, here is my actual mame.ini inside of the config folder within mamewah. THIS IS NOT MY MAME.INI from mame. Think about this for a sec. It is located in this drive:
C:\mamewah1.62\config\mame\mame.ini
### mame.ini (mamewah v1.62) ###
emulator_title M.A.M.E.
### List Generation Settings ###
rom_path auto:[emuexepath]\roms
rom_extension zip;txt
dat_file auto:[emuexepath]\[emuexename].dat
nms_file auto:[emuexepath]\[emuexename].nms
catver_ini_file c:\mame\catver.ini
list_generation_method auto:rom_folder_vs_listxml
### Execution Settings ###
pre_emulator_app_commandlines C:\mame\Betabrite\lcdpath\mame.lcd
emulator_commandline c:\mame\mame.exe [name]
post_emulator_app_commandlines C:\Mamewah1.62\exit.lcd
general_app_commandlines
### Artwork Locations ###
artwork_image_paths auto:[emuexepath]\snap;[emuexepath]\titles;[emuexepath]\marquee;[emuexepath]\control;[emuexepath]\cabinet;[emuexepath]\flyers;[emuexepath]\boxart;[emuexepath]\cart;[emuexepath]\art9;[emuexepath]\art10
movie_preview_path auto:[emuexepath]\previews
movie_artwork_no 1
### Screen-Saver Settings ###
enable_music_in_screensaver 1
select_random_game 1
saver_type movie
movie_path C:\Mamewah1.62\ssmovie
movie_fullscreen 1
quit_delay 30
saver_commandline C:\Mamewah 1.62\ssmovie\mspacman.scr
### Additional Settings ###
music_path
lcd_display_file_path C:\mame\Betabrite\lcdpath
### Settings used by MAMEWAH ###
current_list 1
Here is my mamewah.cfg, located in:
C:\mamewah1.62\config\mamewah.cfg
# MAMEWAH 1.62b9+ Standard Control Configuration
# PLEASE USE INPUT CODES FROM \MAMEWAH\DOCS\CTRLR.TXT
# NOTE DIFFERENCES TO MAME's (EX!) CTRLR INI FILES:
# 'NOT' (!) LOGIC NOT SUPPORTED
# 'AND' LOGIC EXPRESSED USING '&' (NOT SPACE)
# 'OR' PIPE '