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Ok, but I wouldn't have thought logging some performance timings would be a "massive undertaking". I'm sure it would not be. Edit: By the way, having something like that would also allow any tester to see if there is any performance regression on their box with new builds.

I'm not talking about running an actual debugger. I just mean to log stuff for performance analysis.

I think if Jason wanted to, he could add a log setting for performance timing, which could timestamp all the performance related things LB/BB does. That would show exactly how much time each PC is taking to get through specific parts of the program. Just a thought...

I've not tried the logging, but I do see this log setting in the settings.xml file: <DebugLog>false</DebugLog> Assuming you change to true for it.

Hi, I am very happy with LB/BB, but I don't think anyone can really argue that performance is an issue though, because it is. The application does need to be improved on performance. I think Jason has been working on various aspects of this and seems to be putting real effort into this since he recently purchased a GPDWin just for this. Hopefully enough improvements will be made to satisfy most users. I'm hopeful about it.

Yeah, he says Dolphin is the one crashing. So you should file a ticket on the LB crash I think.

Assuming there are no issues for you if you launch the games without LB, just using Dolphin?

This update even hit vmware. i updated my win 10 virtual machine and it can't boot up anymore (boots to black blank screen). It's caused by the vmware tools virtual video driver. So, if you want to update your VM, for now, you have to uninstall the virtual video drive or uninstall the vmware tools entirely before updating to the creators update.

I'm sure it's possible, but I haven't tried it. Maybe play with autohotkey's KeyWait. Someone else around here probably has the code for this exact thing. Might want to post a new thread for this.

very noice !! you shouldn't have to do this (in fact, i wouldn't do it): Process, Exist, Autohotkey.exeIf ErrorLevel <> 0 Process, Close, Autohotkey.exe ExitApp should be good.

just set my win 10 pro to block the automatic creators update

Here is some info about the new .NET Framework 4.7 that comes with this update: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2017/04/05/announcing-the-net-framework-4-7/

I've read some game sites posting possible things to try to fix their apps crashing since the Creators update. First thing was install latest video driver. Second thing was to try this since it gets enabled when you get the Creators update (can't hurt to try it): We have seen that the latest update to Windows 10 has been re-enabling the Xbox Game DVR. Overwatch could crash and have other performance issues when the Xbox DVR is enabled. To disable the DVR, please try the steps below for disabling it: 1) Open the Xbox app (by default it is pinned to the start menu but you can open it through apps if needed.) 2) Sign in, goto settings and then gamedvr 3) Switch off 'Record game clips and screenshots using Game DVR'' Oh, and another thing was to run dxdiag and see if there are any issues reported there.

Now I dont want to turn on my computer and get the Windows update - haha seriously though, i hope you guys can get your LB working again

According to this site, you need the Nvidia video driver version that was updated to support the latest Win 10 creator update: http://www.ghacks.net/2017/04/07/nvidia-geforce-driver-381-65-with-windows-10-creators-update-support/

hey @makaveeti, where are you putting the ahk code in LB exactly? Can you post screenshots of all the tabs of the window you have pasted the ahk code into? Edit: The ahk tab runs at the emulator level (Manage Emulators menu option). I don't think your game is an emulated game right? So, I'm not clear about where you are putting this ahk code, but I'm 99% sure that is why nothing is running for you for this specific game. For a specific game, you are much better off using the ahk script/exe in the additional apps of the game which indeed works for you. That is the best method for you to do this with that game.

So you didn't get ANY popup when using it in the ahk tab? @Jason Carr, is the ahk tab functionality supposed to be included in the free version of Launchbox?

sure, just put in there what you already tried but make the very first line this, before your code: MsgBox I am a message without hotkey. and replace your WinClose line with this: MsgBox I am a message with hotkey. run the game from LB. You should get a message popup right away. This first popup would prove autohotkey script is running and working. close the first popup. then exit the game that you have set for your controller to exit in your ahk script. Now you should get a popup again (but the game won't exit because its just a test). This second popup would prove if your controller hotkey is triggering. Edit: don't forget to remove your ahk exe additional app setting before you try this. If you get both popups, then I would think @makaveeti suggestion to use Process, Close should work instead of using WinClose

You can add this simple script to the ahk tab and see if it triggers. try it as the first line without a hotkey so it runs right away and try it in an escape hotkey also to see if it runs on escape. MsgBox I am a message without hotkey. And put this line inside your escape key section: MsgBox I am a message with hotkey. At least this will give us more info.

@makaveeti , why don't you try converting your ahk script to an executable (.exe). then add your ahk exe to your LB game in the additional apps tab (right click game and choose edit to get there). set your ahk exe file to run before the game. then see if it works that way as a stand alone. in this way, the ahk will not be run using LB builtin ahk. you probably don't need to convert your .ahk file to try this, but if you don't, you'll have to make sure your full autohotkey installation can be found by your .ahk script.

I tried to say in my Edit that you can open ALL the xml files with notepad++. Select all of them and open with notepad++. choose menu Search->Replace, you can just click the button "Replace all in all opened documents". That makes it super easy to fix all the paths in tons of xml files in one whack. Eazy Peazy.

Hi @mazjohn, make sure there is no launchbox or bigbox running when you find/replace text inside the xml files. And you shouldn't use a forward slash in the path "/". You should use backslashes "\" in the path. If you are using a very old Launchbox version, you would change launchbox.xml, but in more recent versions, that file isn't used anymore. You should change the paths in ALL your platform xml files found inside folder: ...\Launchbox\Data\Platforms Edit: in case you don't know, you can open all the xml files at once with notepad++ and when you choose menu Search->Replace, you can just click the button "Replace all in all opened documents". That makes it super easy to fix all the paths in tons of xml files in one whack. Eazy Peazy.

Without a Windows password, it's not likely any computer, by default, will be able to access resources on the computer that has the username with no password, but the computer you have with no password can surely access other network resources by using a username and password to access them assuming they have a username and password, even if it's another Windows box. By default Windows requires a password for accessing folder shares, for example. But this can be disabled. Just google something like: turn off password protected sharing. There is a network setting in Win 7 and higher for this.

Something to try: Maybe try disabling Options->General->Hide Taskbar?

Seems like an issue for the master, @Jason Carr Maybe it's worth a shot installing LB to a brand new folder to see if it still happens in a clean install. Might be good to file a bitbucket ticket. https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/launchbox/issues/new