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Maybe it's something that I have set up wrong but about half of the time, when I close an emulator (regardless of which one) mgalaxy is minimized to the taskbar and has to be clicked on or alt+tabbed to maximize it again.  Wouldn't be a problem but I plan on using it for a cabinet and don't want to have to pull the keyboard out all the time.
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When you say "half of the time" do you mean that for the SAME emulator, one time mGalaxy will get the focus back, one time it will not!?
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Yeah, it seems random.  It's most common with mame but does it with other emulators as well.
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Have you some other application working in background ? (For joypad for exemple)
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Yes, I have JoytoKey running in the background.
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I have it too, I don't think the problem come from it.
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Been playing with this some more, seems like it happens most with fceux.  I have it configured to close with the escape key ran through joytokey.
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I have exactly this same problem.  I only use MAME as an emulator.  When I escape to exit out of a game, mGalaxy is often minimized and I have to open it back up.  Any way to force it to stay maximized in the backround?
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[quote="mdog"]
I have exactly this same problem.  I only use MAME as an emulator.  When I escape to exit out of a game, mGalaxy is often minimized and I have to open it back up.  Any way to force it to stay maximized in the backround?
[/quote]Having some application running in the background too...or just mG and Mame?
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[quote="mgalaxy"]
[quote="mdog"]
I have exactly this same problem.  I only use MAME as an emulator.  When I escape to exit out of a game, mGalaxy is often minimized and I have to open it back up.  Any way to force it to stay maximized in the backround?
[/quote]Having some application running in the background too...or just mG and Mame?
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Nothing else running in the background.  I'd say when I exit a game, mGalaxy is minimized more often than not.
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Working on it...should be submitting you a beta to test in a day or two!
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Ok, thanks.  More info for you: mine is a desktop PC running windows 10.
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Just by curiosity @mGalaxy, what was the problem ?
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[quote="Aeliss"]
Just by curiosity @mGalaxy, what was the problem ?
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Just added an additional 'force maximize' layer
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Here is a beta to download and test. This is a portable one (so, don't put it in 'ProgramFiles'), you can just extract it...and run it!
Of course, please report here, thanks!

http://mgalaxy.com/downloads/mGalaxy_Be ... ete%5D.zip
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