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ppilot:

--- Quote from: MPTech on May 27, 2006, 03:43:16 am ---yep, I've got the vplcfgs file in the Tables folder with the vp-launch-4.

I tried executing the vp-launch-4 and a screen came up (kind of a config/settings screen).  I couldn't get VP to launch from there, was it supposed to?  maybe my problem is with the vp-launch-4. (I didn't know what it was supposed to do).  I can launch VPinball.exe and select and play a table.

Are other emu's this hard? (I've also got some Atari, NES, SNES, SEGA, etc ROMs I wanted to setup next).

I like the features of MAMWAH, but it's been a struggle to get anything to work.

--- End quote ---

I had a similar problem.  Not sure if it's the same, but I outlined the fix in this thread:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=45758.0

MPTech:
OK, that was a help.  I think I know what the problem is now and I'm close (but still not quite there).

The first thing I tried was selecting a Table (clicking a .vpt file).  That didn't work, Windows didn't know how to open the file (no association(?).  Then I launched VP-Launch-4.exe and double clicked a table there (I didn't think of selecting a table the last time (doh!)).  Again, same message, no program associated to .vpt.
btw, if I launch VPinball and select a table (file\open) it works just fine!

OK, so I'm thinking it wasn't setup properly several months ago when I installed it.  It's a nice Saturday evening in the air-conditioning, so I decided to completely re-install it.  I read your post thoroughly and went to the site, downloaded the files and proceeded to do exactly as they said. (when I installed it before, I put in on a different logical drive and foldername).  I have the PC setup as dual-boot, so XP is on my D: drive along with all of the OS.  I'm assuming that D: vs. C: doesn't matter, but I used the exact naming conventions and locations for everything else.    I did get confused about the \Program Files\Visual Pinball\Tables   as opposed to the VPinMAME\Tables (the issue discussed at the bottom of your thread).  I tried it the first way and it didn

unclet:
On my computer, the "VPT" file extension has a "File Association" to the Visual Pinball application.  Since I did not manually set this, I am assuming Visual Pinball created this association automatically upon installation.  Not sure why your computer does not have this association

You could always ask this question in the VP Forum as well:

http://www.vpforums.com/

MPTech:
I think I determined to root of my problem.
I was having problems with my accounts (don't ask how it got screwed up) but the Account I am using does not have Admin rights.  When I log in as as Admin to grant it Admin privliges, it does not appear in the list, if I try to add an account, it says that it already exists!!!!  (something is hosed)  When I get this sorted out, I'll try to re-install it, but I think this is causing my head-aches.

MPTech:
yep, I believe that was the problem.
I abondended the "limited" account because I think it was not fully installing things.
I un-installed Visual Pinball and re-installed it on the "Admin" account.  when I double clicked a .vpt file, it launched just fine.  I re-setup my MAMWAH .ini files and it works correctly now.

I'm liking MAMEWAH more and more, now I need to read up on changing the layout files next.

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