New to Retro Mod. How to turn PC on.

Hello everyone,

Let me first thank the retro team for this awesome software!
I am fairly new to retro gaming and have started down this addicting path LOL!

Please accept my apologies if this is not the right place to post this.

My question is this, I have an arcade 1up cabinet (Marvel vs Capcom). I am basically repurposing it and using retrobat.
Currently, I have an SFF PC going inside the cabinet and doing the 20" monitor mod and LED buttons.

My questions are as follows:
1) How do I get the PC to turn back on after shutting down the system?
2) Is it possible to map one of the buttons to turn on and off the system?

Thank you for all that answer in advance.

hello, and welcome here.

To start Retrobat with windows, you can use our little buddy "BatGui.exe", that allow you with a tick to start Retrobat with Windows


to close, you got the possibility to have an advanced menu to shutdown computer while closing Retrobat

Just FYI, it's a windows or bios setting to run on the pc whenever power is supplied to it.
You can find it on google for sure.

This is how I did mine. Get yourself a smart power strip. Plug your PC into the smart plug and all your others (monitor, led lighting etc. Into the other plugs. I then installed a regular happ button and connected into the PC power on connection. This way when you press the button it turns on the PC and the smart strip sense's this and powers the rest on automatically. Same goes for shutting everything down - one button press.