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MAME UI forgets path settings
« on: September 07, 2008, 11:09:54 am »
Has anyone else experienced MAME32 or MAMEUI forgetting the path settings? The INI and CFG files are all marked for read/write modify etc (not restricted to read only) but when I exit the program and come back in later, the path settings for everything - ROMS and screen shots, fyers and marquees, samples - all revert back to the prior defaults.

Has anyone else seen this?

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Re: MAME UI forgets path settings
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2008, 09:25:22 pm »
I've changed them and they weren't even read. Just paste the directory in there, right? I dunno.
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Re: MAME UI forgets path settings
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2008, 10:01:59 pm »
Has anyone else experienced MAME32 or MAMEUI forgetting the path settings? The INI and CFG files are all marked for read/write modify etc (not restricted to read only) but when I exit the program and come back in later, the path settings for everything - ROMS and screen shots, fyers and marquees, samples - all revert back to the prior defaults.

Has anyone else seen this?

Ive had this problem before. It only occures for me when I exit MAME32/UI by clicking the "x" button. It was solved for me by going into files/exit in the menu when ever I changed options.
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Re: MAME UI forgets path settings
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2008, 02:47:36 pm »
Hmm, I will have to try that. Thanks!

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Re: MAME UI forgets path settings
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2008, 10:54:39 pm »
Has anyone else experienced MAME32 or MAMEUI forgetting the path settings? The INI and CFG files are all marked for read/write modify etc (not restricted to read only) but when I exit the program and come back in later, the path settings for everything - ROMS and screen shots, fyers and marquees, samples - all revert back to the prior defaults.

Has anyone else seen this?

Ive had this problem before. It only occures for me when I exit MAME32/UI by clicking the "x" button. It was solved for me by going into files/exit in the menu when ever I changed options.

This appears to ahve fixed the problem, thanks!

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Re: MAME UI forgets path settings
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2008, 03:41:41 am »
Has anyone else experienced MAME32 or MAMEUI forgetting the path settings? The INI and CFG files are all marked for read/write modify etc (not restricted to read only) but when I exit the program and come back in later, the path settings for everything - ROMS and screen shots, fyers and marquees, samples - all revert back to the prior defaults.

Has anyone else seen this?

Ive had this problem before. It only occures for me when I exit MAME32/UI by clicking the "x" button. It was solved for me by going into files/exit in the menu when ever I changed options.

This appears to ahve fixed the problem, thanks!

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