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RedDog- I too have decided to go a different route and upgrade to the latest .177 romset. I'll work on setting up a working Mame configuration prior to installing GameEx. It seems that may be the best way to go. Thanks again!

Thanks for the response. Here are the files you requested. RedDog- As for upgrading the roms, I simply copied the new roms into the directory replacing the old ones. I'm sure I was supposed to use clrmame or something, but that's super confusing and I'm apparently not adept at finding all the required dat files. However, the roms I'm trying to run are about 20 or so of the classics like frogger, ms pac, etc. so I'm not sure those would be affected. DazzleHP- I believe everything is running under admin. As for locations, everything is installed on C: drive. GameEx is located at C:\GameEx. As for security, the computer isn't connected to the net so I'm not using any. Thanks for the help!! GameEx.ini log.txt

I decided to resurrect my MAME machine this past weekend as I've got a party coming up this Sunday afternoon and thought it would be nice to have it running with some classic games instead of sitting turned off like it has been for the past several years. So, based on my previous experience with fancy front ends I figured it would be best to just start over. I installed GameEX using the MAME Startup Pack and have run into 2 issues hopefully y'all can help with. Game Ex wants to update the game list and create a database every time I start the program. I don't understand why it doesn't keep the game database somewhere? Once loaded and I can access the games then it won't actually start any of them. I select "Play this game" and it shows a loading screen and then goes black for about 5 seconds before going back to the game menu screen. I have installed MameUI64 just to check the roms and they all open just fine using MameUI, so I know my roms are ok. Also, the GameEx Mame Starter Pack installed flawlessly. I was really hopeful that everthing would go smoothly, but alas MAME hates me! ;-) As for roms, I started with the complete .172 romset and then upgraded the set with the .173 upgraded roms so effectively I believe I'm running the .173 version. I did a search on this form and found only 1 other instance of the #1 issue and unfortunately there was no solution. Just one member stating that he got upset and went back to the .149 romset. I hope this isn't the only solution. Any help is appreciated!! Thanks, Brad