MAMEWorld Forums - Programming - Re: First Time Compile Error

> Hello everyone I am new to this forum and looking for some help. I'm attempting to
> compile MAME for the first time. If this issue is covered somewhere already I tried
> to search and couldn't find it.
>
> I was following this tutorial:
> http://mrdo.mameworld.info/compile.php
>
> When I attempt to run "makemame" (as an admin on Windows 7 or 8. I get the following
> error:
>
> process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, python src/build/file2str.py src/mame/layout/
> ace.lay obj/windows64/mame/layout/ace.lh layout_ace, ...) failed.
> make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
> makefile recipe for target 'obj/windows64/mame/layout/ace.lh' failed
> make: *** [obj/windows64/mame/layout/ace.lh] Error 2
> make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> Compiling src/mame/drivers/aleisttl.c...
>
> When I look here I do find the file "ace.lh"
> C:\mamesrc\src\mame\layout
>
> Does anyone have any idea what am I missing or doing wrong?
>
> Thank you in advance for any help or resources you can point me to.

You're better off following the instructions here:

http://www.mamedev.org/tools/

Follow the Easy Way tutorial.

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We are glad to help you but simply posting that something does not work is not going to lead to you getting help. The more information you can supply defining your problem, the less likely it will be that you will get smart-alec replies.

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