Xrc6 Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Using Bigbox mode on the GPD Win portable. I'm using Retroarch Mame2014 libreto. When I launch a MAME rom, the game loads behind Launchbox forcing me to ALT/Tab to switch to the game. How can I get Launchbox to bring the games to the forefront when launching and when exiting, bring Launchbox back?....I already tried desktop mode option of minimizing lunchbox when launching a game but does not work in big screen mode. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xrc6 Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 (edited) *bump Are there any methods to force Windows or lunchbox to bring launched games to the front? Command lines anything? Its a bit difficult to switch running tasks using such a small kb on this GPD. BTW, it's not just the Mame libreto but I found that any emulator cores I've tried in Retroarch through Lunchbox seems to make the emulator launch in the background behind Lunchbox Edited November 16, 2017 by Xrc6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 this isn't normal behavior don't know what you can do about it if its launching that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xrc6 Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 (edited) Well I wonder why it would happen for me if not for anyone else? I used a fresh install of Windows 10 and the latest Launchbox, just did that last week. But it's my first time using RetroArch. Would there be some setting in Retroarch that I should look at?....There must be some reason that's causing it but was wondering if it's a Launchbox bug because the version # is the only difference since the last time I used Launchbox and it used to work fine...but I also wasn't using Retroarch either so... Didn't there used to be a way to force Windows to give highest priority to the running application?...wondering if it's a priority issue. What sucks is that I found I really like Retroarch, it makes emulating so much nicer and love the Shader options. Edited November 16, 2017 by Xrc6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 (edited) try restarting your PC and if that doesn't work in RetroArch try going to settings video and change one of the full screen options. Edited November 16, 2017 by DOS76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cauptain Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 20 minutes ago, Xrc6 said: Well I wonder why it would happen for me if not for anyone else? I used a fresh install of Windows 10 and the latest Launchbox, just did that last week. But it's my first time using RetroArch. Would there be some setting in Retroarch that I should look at?....There must be some reason that's causing it but was wondering if it's a Launchbox bug because the version # is the only difference since the last time I used Launchbox and it used to work fine...but I also wasn't using Retroarch either so... Didn't there used to be a way to force Windows to give highest priority to the running application?...wondering if it's a priority issue. What sucks is that I found I really like Retroarch, it makes emulating so much nicer and love the Shader options. I have this issue using Windows 10 Pro + LB 7.12 on External USB on my 4º PC. Really strange because BB not go to background. Sometimes open various emulators windows. Dont try on 7.14. I will and post here. Claudio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xrc6 Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 On 11/15/2017 at 8:54 PM, Cauptain said: I have this issue using Windows 10 Pro + LB 7.12 on External USB on my 4º PC. Really strange because BB not go to background. Sometimes open various emulators windows. Dont try on 7.14. I will and post here. Claudio Not sure what LB I have but it's updated and nothing is on any external drive, I have everything on my C drive. Same issue using desktop mode, just wish I had a clue what to try. Is there any code I can type into each games launch augments or whatever its called? If I launch Retroarch application itself, it will come to the fore front like any other application but the ROMS launching from Launchbox are the only ones doing this. Guess I could try a different version of Retroarch but I'm sure it'll be a pain to setup all over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 you can just copy your config file and your cores, configs and systems folders to the new version and there should be no need to set it up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xrc6 Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 Thanks I'll give that a shot first and see what happens. Other alternative is to find an older version of LB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajonass Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Any news to this? Sadly, Ive got the same problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 News such as what ? Generally this is a problem caused by some other 3rd party software interfering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xrc6 Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, Lordmonkus said: News such as what ? Generally this is a problem caused by some other 3rd party software interfering. Except in my case there is no 3rd party software except Launchbox and Retroarch. I have long since given up on this topic, forgot about it actually. I have not tried it since or even fired up my GPD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codiox Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Hey i got the same problem. Im using the MAME core on Retroarch. With NBA Jam the game loads in background, When im trying Killer Instinct with the same core it runs normal in foreground. Did anyone find a solution to this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corgana Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Same problem here too. Tried a fresh Win11 install and it's still happening. Also this happens for me when just launching Retroarch directly (LB is not even installed yet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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