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Thanks a lot for all the suggestions.
I ended up running the 10.14 installation again, targeting the proper installation path F:\Emulation\LaunchBox
Now I have everything back to normal and running properly, thankfully.
As a lesson learned from this experience, I would like to leave a suggestion to the developers ...
I found out I had the option "Check for Updates" turned ON on my configuration, that's the reason the version 10.15 auto-installed in my system.
Maybe it is better to leave the updates to the users themselves, even when "Check for Updates" is turned ON.
I think it is still a good idea to have new versions being downloaded automatically, but the update action should still be triggered by the end user.
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I have a better understanding of what is happening now.
I guess al my data is still there in F:\Emulation\LaunchBox and subfolders.
My F:\Emulation\LaunchBox\Data\Platforms is still full of XML files
Back to the problem ..
Inside F:\Emulation\LaunchBox, now I see F:\Emulation\LaunchBox\LaunchBox where version 10.15 is installed.
F:\Emulation\LaunchBox\LaunchBox is a "new" installation with no metadata or plataforms associated.
All my data seem to be ok inside the original installation structure under F:\Emulation\LaunchBox
Now, the original file EXE F:\Emulation\LaunchBox\LaunchBox.exe does not start anymore. Maybe it was corrupted during the Update.
The new one F:\Emulation\LaunchBox\LaunchBox \LaunchBox.exe from 10.15, starts properly but does not find metadata or plataforms inside F:\Emulation\LaunchBox\LaunchBox
The question now is: why is the original 10.13 (or 10.14) Executable F:\Emulation\LaunchBox\LaunchBox.exe not running anymore ?
Thanks a lot for the support.
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I have a better understanding of what is happening now.
I guess al my data is still there in F:\Emulation\LaunchBox and subfolders.
My F:\Emulation\LaunchBox\Data\Platforms is still full of XML files
Back to the problem ..
Inside F:\Emulation\LaunchBox, now I see F:\Emulation\LaunchBox\LaunchBox where version 10.15 is installed.
F:\Emulation\LaunchBox\LaunchBox is a "new" installation with no metadata or plataforms associated.
All my data seem to be ok inside the original installation structure under F:\Emulation\LaunchBox
Now, the original file EXE F:\Emulation\LaunchBox\LaunchBox.exe does not start anymore. Maybe it was corrupted during the Update.
The new one F:\Emulation\LaunchBox\LaunchBox \LaunchBox.exe from 10.15, starts properly but does not find metadata or plataforms inside F:\Emulation\LaunchBox\LaunchBox
The question now is: why is the original 10.13 (or 10.14) Executable F:\Emulation\LaunchBox\LaunchBox.exe not running anymore ?
Thanks a lot for the support.
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I didn't install anything on purpose.
I was working on my collection today, adding more platforms as I do when I have time available.
On the 4th time I started it today, instead of launching normally, the 10.15 install started against my will.
Because I was working on my collection, I just cancelled it. Surprise, surprise ... 6 months of work gone !
Anyway, I do not leave my LaunchBox on my Windows user directory, but on a separated drive dedicate for Emulation: F:\Emulation\LaunchBox
My ROMs are stored in F:\Emulation\Games This way, the complete setup stays "portable".
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Launchbox 10.15 update just forced itself a few minutes ago on my PC, while I just launched my current LaunchBox to do something else.
I interrupted the update (from 10.13 or 10.14), because I didn't want to update at this time.
Now, all my collection of imported systems, metadata, emulator configurations that I worked for more than 6 months was wiped-out in 30 seconds !!!
How is this possible ?
My ..\LaunchBox\Images folder still contains 60Gb, so I guess all the Metadata I downloaded and curated for all this time is still there. But the Plataforms, curated collections, etc ... it is all 100% gone !
How is this possible ? How can a version update do this ?
Fortunately I leave my roms in another path, not under ../Launchbox. But I all my curated collections are gone !
Please, I hope there is a way to recover this information. Can someone in this forum help me ?
Nevertheless, why is LaunchBox forcing updates on users anyway ?
Thanks a lot for the support,
PGRS
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Ok, Launchbox 10.15 update just forced itself a few minutes ago while I just launched my current LaunchBox to do something else.
I interrupted the update (from 10.13 or 10.14), because I didn't want to update at this time.
Now, all my collection of imported systems, metadata, emulator configurations that I worked for more than 6 months was wiped-out in 30 seconds !!!
How is this possible ?
My ..\LaunchBox\Images folder still contains 60Gb, so I guess all the Metadata I downloaded and curated for all this time is still there. But the Plataforms, curated collections, etc ... it is all 100% gone !
How is this possible ? How can a version update do this ?
Please, I hope there is a way to recover this information. Can someone in this forum help me ?
Nevertheless, why is LaunchBox forcing updates on users anyway ?
Thanks a lot for the support,
PGRS
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Thanks a lot for the suggestion !
Yes, I found the setting and turned-off the Auto Background option