Really can't believe threads like this are still being made in late 2016
QMC2 is not difficult to get running at all. On first run it pops up a Welcome to QMC2 window where you input 3 paths after which you click the check ROM collection and you're all set ready to launch machines.
It really doesn't get much easier setting up baseline MAME with QMC2. MAME is so convenient that it doesn't even require installation. You simply extract, set paths in mame.ini, then off you go. It's a less then 60 second process and people still tend to complain due to reasons I can't comprehend. It makes me wonder how they get torrent clients running and functioning correctly when supposedly MAME and QMC2 setup process is so complex EleGiggle
There's so many superior options when it comes to frontends. I can't figure out for the life of me why anyone would want what's pictured regarding M+GUI. It looks absolutely atrocious to me.
Here's only a fraction as to what's possible with QMC2 being practically endless in the ways you can customize it.