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Does not work 😢 WinIpac.exe stays in memory : And another unwanted effect : DMDext (management of the DMD) keep the focus, and make the main executable in second plan. I must ALT+TAB to continue with it 😞 My actuel AHK Script (it's for Pinball FX2) : ; Stop the actual DMD Display Run, "C:\Pixelcade\pixelcade-quit.exe", "C:\Pixelcade", Hide ; Switch control panel Run, "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinIPAC V2\WinIPAC.exe" "d:\Ipac2\PinballFX2.ipc", "d:\Ipac2\", Hide ; start the DMD for Pinball Run %ComSpec% /c "C:\DmdPinball\dmdext.exe mirror --source=pinballfx2 -q --no-virtual", "C:\DmdPinball\",Hide sleep, 4000 ;(wait 4 seconds) ;Kill $Esc:: { ; relaunch DMD Run, "C:\Pixelcade\pixelweb.exe", "C:\Pixelcade", Hide ; re swtich keyboard configuration Run, "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinIPAC V2\WinIPAC.exe" "d:\Ipac2\Defaut.ipc", "d:\Ipac2\", Hide WinClose, ahk_exe {{{StartupEXE}}} } i can not get the same resultat as my .bat file and i don't understand why 😢

Thank you Joe, It's clear for me for the Escape section. All lines after may be not executed. For the rest, i've to understand more, especially on the execution contexts.

Hello all, I'm a new user of Launchbox, using in the past some dedicated distributions like batocera. The migration from Batocera to Launchbox is coming with some improvments on my bartop : - a controler for the led of my buttons - a new keyboard controler for my control panel (joystick controler before) - a DMD in place of the marquee (:p) For these, i have lot of commands to launch in scripts with my emulators. I tried to do the job with AutoHotKey script (Running script in the emulator panel) but i have some difficulties. For Exemple : For PinballFX2, i have this kind of script : ; Stop the actual DMD Display Run, "C:\Pixelcade\pixelcade-quit.exe", "C:\Pixelcade", Hide ; start the DMD for Pinball Run, "C:\Program Files\Creative Arts and Technology\Pixelcade Pinball Display\dmdext.exe" "mirror" "--source=pinballfx2" "-q" "--no-virtual", "C:\Program Files\Creative Arts and Technology\Pixelcade Pinball Display", Hide ; Switch control panel Run, "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinIPAC V2\WinIPAC.exe" "d:\Ipac2\PinballFX2.ipc", "d:\Ipac2\", Hide ;Kill $Esc:: { Process, Close, {{{StartupEXE}}} ; relaunch DMD Run, "C:\Pixelcade\pixelweb.exe", "C:\Pixelcade", Hide ; re swtich keyboard configuration Run, "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinIPAC V2\WinIPAC.exe" "d:\Ipac2\Defaut.ipc", "d:\Ipac2\", Hide } It's not perfect, but working. But when i have a look to the running process list when i'm starting/stoping a game, i see lot of "Winipac.exe" running, as if the executables remained in memory. and if the software needs a console (like dmdext), it can have negative effects on startup, such as not supporting command line parameters. (i hope to make myself understood, i am French and my English is average :s ) To prevent this, i'm using Batch script in place of my emulator. Always in the same exemple : i'm using pinballfx2.bat instead of "pinball fx2.exe" with this content : @echo off rem switch Keyboard call "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinIPAC V2\WinIPAC.exe" "d:\Ipac2\PinballFX2.ipc" rem remove standard DMD Display call "C:\Pixelcade\pixelcade-quit.exe" rem load the DMD for Pinball cd /d C:\DmdPinball start /min dmdext.exe mirror --source=pinballfx2 --no-virtual -q --fps 60 cd /D "D:\Games\Pinball FX2\" rem Launch Main Executable with good table call "D:\Games\Pinball FX2\Pinball FX2.exe" %1 rem switch standard settings for control panel call "C:\Program Files (x86)\WinIPAC V2\WinIPAC.exe" "d:\Ipac2\Defaut.ipc" rem reload standard DMD start /min cmd /c "C:\Pixelcade\pixelweb.exe" exit 0 It's working better, no zombie process running, and the job is done. BUT... I have the impression of not understanding someting and doing "old school" work. Can someonehelp me on AHK,so that i can correct my problem ? Many thanks. J.