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I confirm that the developers of ShadPs4 have made some changes. Compared to my initial post, which was based on the old release, it is now sufficient to add the -g option 👇

Launchbox completely frizzed out without ever starting any games, I had just opened it and left it in the background

Then : I did not perform any operations with LaunchBox; I simply minimized it in the Systray and continued working on other tasks. After about 20 minutes, when I reopened LaunchBox, the program did not respond for about 10 seconds and then resumed normal operation. This is the current state of the Task Manager. 👇

Hi, thanks for looking into the situation! I confirm that when LaunchBox crashes, my experience is similar to @duerra 👇 Instead, I am attaching a screenshot of my Task Manager as soon as I open LaunchBox: although you mention a possible second window, in my case I have only one visible window of LaunchBox, the startup window (without touching anything) , However, in Task Manager there are two instances of the “LaunchBox” process.👇 I hope this information can help narrow it down and give us a better understanding of what is causing the problem. Thanks again for your support!

Thank you for your response and for clarifying the situation. I understand the complexity of the fix and appreciate your commitment to improving LaunchBox in the long term. While it’s not an immediate solution, it’s reassuring to know the team is aware of the issue. I look forward to future updates.

I will add an additional consideration : As you can see from this image, in BigBox display 1 does not correspond to Windows monitor 1, which should be the central monitor. You might suggest that I set monitor 2 in BigBox so it would become the cetral one, you would be right but this would lead to a problem: if I decide to turn off the three monitors and activate only the TV, I would see a black screen because the TV automatically becomes the main monitor (1). This is confusing and makes it difficult to use the system correctly depending on the desired configuration

I use the official Windows identification, which assigns my four monitors exactly as I wish: the main monitor (1) is in the center, while monitors 3 and 4 are placed on the sides. I also have a HDR-TV (monitor 2) connected via HDMI, which remains off most of the time, but which I turn on occasionally to play games from the couch, using the WIN+P command and selecting the option to use only the second screen. This way, the HDR-TV automatically becomes the main monitor (1), allowing me to play games without any problems. Without LaunchBox or BigBox, all games and emulators work perfectly on the correct monitor, so problems occur only with these programs. Although this configuration appears stable on Windows, LaunchBox does not seem to detect the order of the monitors correctly. I noticed the problem using a display identificationwith with plugin "LaunchBox Multi Monitor and BigBox +3rd monitor plugin " (by @JoeViking245), the numbers assigned are different than the official Windows numbers. For example, if I use the three active monitors, BigBox often starts on the wrong monitor. The strange thing is that when I launch a game, it still opens on the correct monitor, but on returning to the BigBox menu it switches back to the wrong monitor. video_wrong_monitor.mp4 In the past I have tried disconnecting and reconnecting all monitors, resulting in a temporary solution, but on restarting LaunchBox reverts to ignoring the order of the Windows monitors. I believe this may be causing the unfocusing problems and crashes I have been experiencing. Does anyone have suggestions on how to permanently resolve this situation? It would be helpful if some administrator would consider studying this problem to find a permanent solution. Thank you!

I understand that this solution is not particularly elegant, but for us it has been stable and reliable for years. We have had no more audio problems with MAME. In my opinion, there may be an error in your configuration of the SoundVolumeView command line, which is designed precisely to mute only the specified programs without affecting MAME. I suggest you check the command line given in my post just above this topic. Alternatively, you can also use the NirCmd software, which offers similar functionality. Edit : also try adding run “...LaunchBox Big Box,” and with a little final delay (remember to replace the path to the SoundVolumeView folder with the path to yours, if different from mine) that is, like this : run, "D:\Launchbox\ThirdParty\SoundVolumeView\SoundVolumeView.exe" /Mute LaunchBox run, "D:\Launchbox\ThirdParty\SoundVolumeView\SoundVolumeView.exe" /Mute BigBox run, "D:\Launchbox\ThirdParty\SoundVolumeView\SoundVolumeView.exe" /Mute LaunchBox Big Box WinMinimize, ahk_exe LaunchBox.exe, WinMinimize, ahk_exe BigBox.exe, Process, WaitClose, mame.exe run, "D:\Launchbox\ThirdParty\SoundVolumeView\SoundVolumeView.exe" /UnMute LaunchBox run, "D:\Launchbox\ThirdParty\SoundVolumeView\SoundVolumeView.exe" /UnMute BigBox run, "D:\Launchbox\ThirdParty\SoundVolumeView\SoundVolumeView.exe" /UnMute LaunchBox Big Box Sleep 3500 We'll try that as well, thank you

Would you happen to have Clock Tower Rewind? 🙏🤓

Hi, I would like to report a bug already reported in December 2023, which unfortunately has not yet been fixed and continues to be very annoying. The problem manifests itself as a complete crash of LaunchBox, forcing me to manually intervene in Activity Manager to terminate the process. I believe the crash happens when I attempt to display the ISO path to my PlayStation 3 library in the platform management menu, which resides entirely on an external disk (H:) that is not connected at that time. In fact, if I connect the disk and H: is present, the crash does not occur. It would be very helpful if this problem could be solved, as I do not wish to keep my 4 TB external disk connected to the computer at all times, preferring to use it primarily on the PlayStation 3 console. I have uploaded a demonstration video of the problem in the discussion regarding beta 13.9, which may be helpful to verify the described behavior. Video download here : https://forums.launchbox-app.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=103542&key=6273a923bc974065854487d41c8bd3b8 I hope you will seriously consider this report, considering that a year has already passed 🙏

No, I do not have software installed that interacts with Windows or the taskbar, such as DisplayFusion. However, I have four monitors (3 screens + one TV via HDMI) and I often use the WIN+P combination to switch between one monitor and three monitors or just the TV. However, the problem occurs even without changing screen configurations, such as after a normal Windows reboot. I have noticed that, Launchbox remembers the last monitor I opened it on, while BigBox sometimes confuses the order of the monitors: while all games and emulators always open on the central desktop display, BigBox sometimes starts on the left or right one. That said, the problem occurs even when only one monitor is active. I believe Windows maintains an internal numbering of monitors that may be different from what LaunchBox recognizes, even when the other monitors are off or disabled. Each game and emulator is configured differently, but I highly doubt the issue is related to game launches. In fact, the freeze with LaunchBox happens even when I just open it to browse around without starting any games. Sometimes I leave it open while doing other things on Windows, and when I come back, it’s completely unresponsive. That’s why I believe game launches aren’t the cause of the issue.

The exact same thing happens to me as well

In another thread I already described some problems I experience with LaunchBox, but I take the opportunity of this discussion to share a difficulty with BigBox in the latest versions. Initially, BigBox works perfectly and the framerate is smooth, but after starting one or two games and going back to the frontend, I notice that it is as if it loses a lot of fluidity: the framerate seems to drop, going from 60fps to about 20fps. It is not that BigBox becomes slower overall, but the viewing experience is less pleasant, and while it does not prevent use, it is still an annoying aspect.