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Hi, i need to create a .exe that will directly boot (instant shelled) a mame game.
I know about placing a .bat or shortcut in the startup folder, but this needs explorer (desktop) also booted, and since i'm completly hidding desktop with instant shell, i need to create a .exe with a script starting 1 mame game.

I already tried converting a working .bat to .exe:
The .exe works when launching it on desktop, but when i instant shell this same .exe it wont run..

Hope some-one understand what i mean, and help me out here. (I think it needs a script in AutoIt)

Cheers, PP 

I think it s depend "instant shell" mode. Somes of them just kill explorer.exe somes other are more powerfull.

IDK wich one you are using but if you make ctrl+alt+suppr can you enter "new task" ?

And none file are working with that ? bat and  exe ? try directly with mame.exe to test.

You still need window environement because MAME havent ms-dos version since 5/8 years.

Some bat to exe converter are fake, it s just a bat file auto extractable in tempory folder, so in fact if bat are disabled the exe is too.

You can try with an autoit script
with runwait or run depend on what you want.

Thanx for helping, I compiled the script, instantshelled the new compiled .exe
Same result doesn't work.
When i ctrl+alt+del and start a new task, then browse to the new .exe it does work.

Does the mame.exe need to be in registery? (when i ctrl+alt+del and start new task, then i enter "mame" or "mame.exe" it says cant find it.. when i browse to the exe it does work)

Maybe it needs the full target in the commandline?

Greets, PP

use MultiRun http://blog.tomp4.com/free-download/MultiRun+53506.html

I tried that multirun, it gives me this error: (see attachment)

How are you launching the exe in the shell environement (directly with Instant Sheller ?)?

Are you using "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE> SOFTWARE> Microsoft> Windows> CurrentVersion> Run" ?
Or better "CurrentVersion\Winlogon"

When i ctrl+alt+del and start a new task, then browse to the new .exe it does work.

So I think the exe is good, for me it s the lauching method that isn't good. The application haven't logs ?
If you try with notepad it works ?

Do you know "Silentlaunch" ?

I'm using instantsheller 0.8 (i'm on winxp pro 32bit)

I did find the CurrentVersion>Run folder, but no entry of the exe there.
I could not find CurrentVersion\Winlogon.

I dont know where to look for anny logs.

Notepad works in the shelled situation (ctrl+alt+del > new task > notepad)

When I "ctrl+alt+del > new task > mame"  windows says it cant find it. (browsing to it does work)

I dont know Silentlaunch, sorry not that mutch knowledge of these things 

PP 

Oups, forget "winlogon" it s not for startup, mistake.

Try with notepad, but with notepad entered in instant sheller, to see if the application is working.

When I "ctrl+alt+del > new task > mame"  windows says it cant find it. (browsing to it does work)

This is normal.

I have find a manual method that can perhpas help you.
http://www.coinopspace.com/forum/topics ... nt-sheller

Notepad instantshelled works
I tried the manual method, that didn't work (replaced explorer.exe with the compiled autoit exe path, also tried "C:\mame\mame.exe missile" in the registery winlogon)

Non of them seem to work for me..