[Moving LaunchBox from one PC to another]

11 minutes ago, neil9000 said:

Those are not emulators, so its a moot point, its like complaining that your actual PC games dont work when just copy pasting them from one PC to another. When installing games other things are also usually installed, like directx, as well as many others, so they need to be on the PC you are moving too. Most emulators, dont need any additional drivers and such installed to use them.

This thread is about moving Launchbox which is a portable program and does not need installing and starting from scratch on a new PC.

You obviously don't have a setup like mine, Jack. Yes, Launchbox is portable, but there are dozens of arcade dumps that require files like *.dll be placed on C. Dragging and dropping to a new computer (which what this thread is about) ain't gonna work with a complex setup because now I have to go thru each game to see if It runs and what files I have to move from my old windows folder. 

 

[Moving LaunchBox from one PC to another]

2 minutes ago, neil9000 said:

i can only think off the top of my head of one emulator that needs to be "installed" the rest are usually just zips that you can unzip anywhere and run.

What about the many arcade dumps that require additional files and framework to be placed on C drive? All that has to be put back.

[Moving launchbox to new PC]

1 minute ago, neil9000 said:

Not true, most emulators actually dont put anything in your documents folder, and even some of the ones that do can be told not to quite easily.

They can be told not to, but when you already have everything setup up, you cant go back and change it. I should have thought ahead.

[Moving launchbox to new PC]

On 8/21/2020 at 1:05 PM, JoeViking245 said:

No need to reinstall LaunchBox on the new computer.  Just copy your existing one in its' entirety. 

And if everything (LaunchBox and you emulators, respectively) are keeping the same drive letter and folder structure, you're good to go.

The only potential issue is with the emulators.  If they're not "portable", they'll probably need to be reinstalled.  (i.e. some try to store stuff in C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\emulatorName\...)

Most of the emulators install files on the C drive. On your new computer those files are not there and you will basically be starting from scratch like I am doing right now.

[Moving LaunchBox from one PC to another]

I just tried this. Emulators that need to be installed will not work when you move them to a new computer. The paths are all correct but the emulators all say they are not installed. It looks like Im startig from scratch.