Mame v0.129 minimizes to desktop every 30 minutes exactly
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2017 1:19 pm
Hi all,
I've had this problem for a while and only getting around to doing something about it.
I've noticed that when playing mame v0.129, the game window minimizes to the desktop every 30 minutes exactly.
I've tired a a couple of older version of mame (i.e. 0.53 and 0.64) plus a few newer version of mame (0.149 and 0.189) and i can't reproduce the problem.
I'm using this specific version of mame as i compiled it myself to allow for hiscore saving using the hiscore.dat file. The problem only seemed to manifest itself in the last year or so.
I'm using Windows 7 BTW.
There are a number of threads acroiss the wen that led me to believe that this was a general issue, googling "Games minimize to desktop" returns a lot of hits.
I've tried some of the solutions suggested (to no avail). I've also checked the event log view to see if there is some scheduled task that is running every 30 minutes I've disabled a couple of potential culprits to no avail.
I also used the windows focus logger to see if it the program could detect what app is stealing focus. The log does register any application stealing focus on the 30 min or 60 min mark.
http://www.adminscope.com/downloads/win ... us-logger/
I'm thinking it may be easier to recompile mame v0.189 with hi score.dat enabled (i'm a Software Developer for the [ast 25 years) , however i would like to understand why this behaviour is happening in the first place
Any ideas?
Cheers
Flop
I've had this problem for a while and only getting around to doing something about it.
I've noticed that when playing mame v0.129, the game window minimizes to the desktop every 30 minutes exactly.
I've tired a a couple of older version of mame (i.e. 0.53 and 0.64) plus a few newer version of mame (0.149 and 0.189) and i can't reproduce the problem.
I'm using this specific version of mame as i compiled it myself to allow for hiscore saving using the hiscore.dat file. The problem only seemed to manifest itself in the last year or so.
I'm using Windows 7 BTW.
There are a number of threads acroiss the wen that led me to believe that this was a general issue, googling "Games minimize to desktop" returns a lot of hits.
I've tried some of the solutions suggested (to no avail). I've also checked the event log view to see if there is some scheduled task that is running every 30 minutes I've disabled a couple of potential culprits to no avail.
I also used the windows focus logger to see if it the program could detect what app is stealing focus. The log does register any application stealing focus on the 30 min or 60 min mark.
http://www.adminscope.com/downloads/win ... us-logger/
I'm thinking it may be easier to recompile mame v0.189 with hi score.dat enabled (i'm a Software Developer for the [ast 25 years) , however i would like to understand why this behaviour is happening in the first place
Any ideas?
Cheers
Flop