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AchillesPDX

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Windows 10 not giving focus back to Attract Mode
« on: June 21, 2016, 09:43:45 PM »
So I'm most of the way through my first cabinet build and everything has been going swimmingly up until just a few days ago.

I have no idea what changed or what windows update might have installed, but now most of the time when exiting a game in MAME, Attract Mode won't regain focus and I either have to click on it with the mouse or ALT-TAB over to it.

I'm running Windows 10 and here are the things I've tried:

Disable windows notifications
Disable everything in the task manager startup
Try both full screen and fill screen modes of Attract Mode
Try both full screen and fill screen modes of MAME

I'm going completely nuts here and would rather not do a fresh install of Windows 7, as I also plan on playing PC games on this machine and support for 7 is certainly waning.

Can anyone suggest anything else I can try?

Thanks!

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Re: Windows 10 not giving focus back to Attract Mode
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2016, 02:49:04 AM »
Try running AM in compatibility mode = windows 7.

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Re: Windows 10 not giving focus back to Attract Mode
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2016, 07:40:02 AM »
There's a new hide console option in attract.cfg, trying setting it to true.

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Re: Windows 10 not giving focus back to Attract Mode
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2016, 07:26:37 PM »
Try running AM in compatibility mode = windows 7.

Preliminary tests are showing that this fixed it. Thanks so much for the suggestion - no idea why I didn't try that. If the problem comes back, I'll try the hide console option next, but fingers are crossed that the issue is fixed.

Thanks!

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Re: Windows 10 not giving focus back to Attract Mode
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2016, 09:28:09 PM »
Well, the problem is back and I've done nothing different. No idea what's going on, but it's driving me absolutely crazy. Does anyone else have any suggestions as to how to solve this? This is the last thing I need to fix before my cabinet is complete  :(

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Re: Windows 10 not giving focus back to Attract Mode
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2016, 02:35:22 AM »
Have you tried setting compatibility to XP and hide/show the console?

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Re: Windows 10 not giving focus back to Attract Mode
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2016, 07:09:41 AM »
I don't see a hide/show console option. Can you point me in the right direction for that?

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Re: Windows 10 not giving focus back to Attract Mode
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2016, 12:32:07 PM »
Its in the am.cfg in the am folder.

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Re: Windows 10 not giving focus back to Attract Mode
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2016, 03:39:39 PM »
Thanks, found the setting, but it doesn't help either way.

I can't be the only person running Windows 10 with attract mode, can I? Am I the only person with this problem? I've shut down literally every non-essential task in the task manager and it doesn't seem to make any difference  :(

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Re: Windows 10 not giving focus back to Attract Mode
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2016, 06:30:09 PM »
I am not having this issue.

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Re: Windows 10 not giving focus back to Attract Mode
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2016, 07:33:28 PM »
I am not having this issue.

What version of MAME, brand of graphics card, and what screen resolution are you using?

Thanks! Going nuts here.

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Re: Windows 10 not giving focus back to Attract Mode
« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2016, 09:50:26 AM »
mame .143
Built-in graphics on Asus TS10
res i think is 1920x1080

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Re: Windows 10 not giving focus back to Attract Mode
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2016, 11:50:19 AM »
mame .143
Built-in graphics on Asus TS10
res i think is 1920x1080

Thanks. Maybe it's some weird problem with the fact that I'm using HLSL on mame .174 - using the Direct3D aspect of it might be screwing things up. I'm at a complete loss, especially since this morning everything is working fine again and I did absolutely nothing to change it.

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Re: Windows 10 not giving focus back to Attract Mode
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2016, 06:49:43 AM »
Hello,

Same problem here. 
Attract loses focus upon exiting mame in Windoze 10.
Have to click mouse to get it back.
Tried advice above, no dice.

Any suggestions welcome and appreciated.

Thanks.

Steve
« Last Edit: July 03, 2016, 07:10:53 AM by kaptainsteve »

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Re: Windows 10 not giving focus back to Attract Mode
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2016, 02:31:11 PM »
Hi peeps
having the same problem
I was running attract-1.6.2-win64 and it runs fine on windows 10
I upgraded to v2.1.0 because it now supports video snaps, I have downloaded just about all the videos i need
but when i exit a game in mame everything freezes
quickest way out for me is to press the windows key and everything is back to normal