As others have posted I am having the issue where GameEx causes Mame NOT to display bezels but GameEx Lite works just fine.
Chasing the logs the issue is this... though both programs use the same configuration file!
In GameEx, Mame is launched this way
Running: cmd.exe /c D: D:\Emulators\MAME\mame64.exe 1942 -rompath D:\Emulators\Mame\Roms -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo -bezel -artpath artworkgameex
In GameEx Lite, Mame is launched this way
Running: cmd.exe /c D: D:\Emulators\MAME\mame64.exe 1942 -rompath D:\Emulators\Mame\Roms -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo
I have placed the Bezel Zip files into D:\Emulators\Mame\Roms\Artwork so the GameEx Lite launcher automatically picks them up.
GameEx is explicitly directing Mame to use "artworkgameex".
I have created a folder D:\GameEx\Media\artworkgameex and placed the files there - Doesn't work
I have created a folder D:\GameEx\artworkgameex and placed the files there too - Doesn't work
I have created a folder D:\Emulators\Mame\artworkgameex and placed the files there too - Doesn't work.
How can I fix this for both, and/or where do I place the files?
Thanks for reading and answering.