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[gwent]

Hi. I am trying to run the latest version of clrmamepro, but every time I run it, the window comes up for about 1 second, then immediately minimizes to the bottom of the screen, and I can't restore it. I can't right-click it, and if I left-click it, nothing happens. All I can do is bring up the task manager and end the program. I've also tried it with older versions, and the same thing happens. This is the first time I've tried it on my new computer, and I've ran this before on my old computer with no problems. I am running Windows XP SP3 32bit. Anybody have any ideas what is happening?

Also, once I managed to click "options" before it minimized, and I thought it was ok, but then a couple seconds after the options window opened, the whole thing minimized again.

[Roman]

Hi. I am trying to run the latest version of clrmamepro, but every time I run it, the window comes up for about 1 second, then immediately minimizes to the bottom of the screen, and I can't restore it. I can't right-click it, and if I left-click it, nothing happens. All I can do is bring up the task manager and end the program. I've also tried it with older versions, and the same thing happens. This is the first time I've tried it on my new computer, and I've ran this before on my old computer with no problems. I am running Windows XP SP3 32bit. Anybody have any ideas what is happening?

Also, once I managed to click "options" before it minimized, and I thought it was ok, but then a couple seconds after the options window opened, the whole thing minimized again.

The normal behaviour is that the 6-button main window is hidden when scanner/profiler/merger/etc is opened. In this case however you will see scanner/profiler/etc instead. If you don't see such a window, the saved window positions may be corrupted. You can find them in cmpro.ini...for example:

Win_ProfilerDlgTop = 105
Win_ProfilerDlgBottom = 634
Win_ProfilerDlgLeft = 248
Win_ProfilerDlgRight = 1262


If the profiler window (usually the first window you see after start) is hidden to the bottm left, you should be able to bring it back to normal by clicking the normal windows restore button beside the [X].
If you stop cmpro, remove the upper mentioned lines from cmpro.ini and restart cmpro, the default values will be used again.

When running cmpro under MacOS/CrossOver it's recommended to set: Adv_HideWindow = off  in cmpro.ini


In general it sounds like your profile window settings are corrupted somehow....since that's the window which a) hides the 6 buttons one and is shown right after start.

[gwent]

Okay, I'm looking in the program folder for clrmamepro, and I don't see any cmpro.ini. The only .ini files are stats.ini, urls.ini, and version.ini. I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling the program, with no difference.

What I don't get is, it appears fine for a second, then disappears. First I get a little window saying "welcome to clrmamepro. Common next steps are...". And that stays up until I click ok. But once I click okay, the profiler window pops up, then immediately goes away.

[Roman]

Okay, I'm looking in the program folder for clrmamepro, and I don't see any cmpro.ini. The only .ini files are stats.ini, urls.ini, and version.ini. I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling the program, with no difference.

It's being created after you successful started cmpro, used it for the first time and quit.
So since you don't have a cmpro.ini, you can't have illegal sizes for the window....which is a bit weird that the profile isn't shown for you. If you start cmpro for the first time (no cmpro.ini) you should even see a welcome prompt telling you what to do next. Maybe that window is behind of any other window of your desktop.

what you can also try is: before the start, add a "cmpro.ini" file into the cmpro root folder. The file should hold the following two lines:

[CMPRO SETTINGS]
Adv_HideWindow = off

[gwent]

Well, I ran it again before you replied, and strangely, it ran okay, so I let it run through all my MAME roms. Once, the window vanished for about 2 seconds, and I thought I was in trouble, but it popped back up and continued scanning. It finally completed, and everything seems to have gone okay. Then I checked back here, and saw your reply. So I checked the root folder of clrmamepro again, and there was still no cmpro.ini file, even after it ran okay and I closed it. So I created a text file and named it cmpro.ini, and copied the text you suggested, and then ran it again. It ran fine, and I closed it and reopened cmpro.ini again. Now, it was full of new values that weren't there before, but the text I copied in was gone; it just overwrote the whole thing. So I copied the Adv_HideWindow = off line in again, and closed it, ran it, and reopened the ini file again. Now the line is still in there, and everything seems to be fine. Very strange.

Well, thanks for your help. Much appreciated. One question, though. Do you think the roms are okay that I scanned earlier, before the cmpro.ini file was created? I was following the guide on another forum for updating my MAME roms, and everything seems to go fine except the window vanishing and reappearing once. But it seemed to continue without a hitch, and in the end, it seems to have completed everything without any problems. The roms couldn't be messed up could they? Because now they are all changed and merged, so I'd hate to think they were somehow corrupted if clrmamepro was acting wonky.

[Roman]

Are you running Microsoft Vista?

Then be sure that you DON'T use a folder for cmpro which is monitored by UAC.

If you install cmpro to a protected folder like C:\program files\, you have to set the compatibility properties of cmpro.exe to 'run this program as administrator' to work correctly or you have to disable UAC. In other folders it should work fine without setting this property and without the need of disabling UAC.

[gwent]

But I'm running XP home and I don't have that option; by default, everything I run is under administrator. I believe that uac is for Vista. Also. I tried the zip folder version of clrmamepro as well, and extracted it to my desktop, and tried running it from there, with the same results. I forgot to mention that I had given that a go as well.

[Roman]

ah...I should read more carefully....XP....and cmpro is filled.

again: cmpro is being created if you run cmpro for the first time and quit cmpro. Actually it always writes cmpro.ini on closing the program. So if you run it for the first time, you won't see a cmpro until you close it.

The scan went fine...it used the default values during that one.

Now that cmpro.ini is filled, you will find your entry in there....but not at top....it used it during start, plus default values for the rest...and when you quit, it wrote your setting + the used defaults (not necessarily in that order).

so...looks fine now

[gwent]

Great..thanks again. Now I know what to do if this ever happens again.