Exit but stay on task manager

[ghost]

Emulationstation works (installed or portable), all set correctly, emulator start and exit but when i want to exit from EmulationStation, i return to windows desktop but that .exe stay on the task manager and i must close it manually.

With the installed app i don't see nothing except inside the task manager, with the portable tha .bat that i use to launche the app stay open after exit emulationstation.

[mrsilver76]

I have the same problem too. Windows 7 running the latest build from the website (dated 3/8/15).

EmulationStation launches fine and then launches the game file - however when I exit, I don't return back to EmulationStation and it looks like it is no longer running. However there is a process listed in Task Manager.

[mrsilver76]

I have a (hacky) workaround for this.

Save the following script as retrolaunch.bat somewhere:

@echo off
set dll=%1
set rom=%2
set retroarch=D:\RetroArch

taskkill.exe /F /IM emulationstation.exe
start /wait %retroarch%\retroarch.exe -L "%retroarch%\cores\%dll%" %rom%
"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\EmulationStation\emulationstation.exe"

You will want to change the 4th line down to point to your RetroArch folder as it's doubtful it'll be in the same place as mine (D:\RetroArch).

Now you need to edit your es_systems.cfg file and change your <command> entries to be the following so that they call this batch file instead of RetroArch:

<command>[full path to bat file we just created] [dll name] "%ROM_RAW%"</command>

for example:

<command>D:\retrolaunch.bat mednafen_supergrafx_libretro.dll "%ROM_RAW%"</command>

Now when you launch a game, EmulationStation will be killed properly and, when you exit RetroArch then you'll be returned to EmulationStation.