mikehiler2

Thank you very much for helping with this program. Hands down the best thing I have ever seen. Aside from this issue the experience has been breathtakingly simple and beautiful. Well worth the money I spent. I'm not that big of a fan of BigBox, but I can see it's uses. Just not for me personally. Prefer plain old LaunchBox. But that's me, and from what I've seen, lurking in the forums here and on Reddit, I'm in the small minority.

Yes, that's why I stated that perhaps I was overcomplicating a simple issue. The way I was describing, in retrospect, while it may have seemed important to me at the time, would actually make things more complicated. LB, from what I've gathered, is a frontend that's all about simplicity. Having branching and overlapping file structures would seem to me to be a difficult task to implement. As well as mostly not needed in most cases. It is quicker, and that was the original issue. Either through dragging the ROMs into LB or using the import feature caused the issue that I stated in the beginning, which hasn't changed. It was originally on (H:) drive. I moved all ROMs to the new drive (G:), but whenever I import or drag and drop, and I want to use the "Import Games from Files Wizard" and I want to "Move the files to LaunchBox games folder" it defaults to the OLD location (H:), even though in every setting I can find I have the "LaunchBox games folder" set to the NEW drive (G:). I wanted to do this instead of "Use files in their current location" because most of the time, when I download the ROMs, they are in my "Downloads" folder and I didn't want the added step of having to manually move the files to the new drive in the correct games folder and then import them into LB. I just wanted to move the files from my "Downloads" folder directly into LB and have LB do that for me while also having it download the media without me manually transferring the files first. It was a saving time issue. But, if this is what I have to do, then that's what I have to do.

Not to sound condescending or anything, but that's a real shame. It would, in mind, be a common issue. People run out of storage space on their drives, so adding a new drive and having the new media going to that new drive would seem to be something that would be easy to do. Nevertheless, thank you very much for the replies. It actually did help, even if it didn't give me the answer that I wanted. I suppose LB is made is have a platform and all related media set to a specific drive, and I guess you can have multiple drives set to multiple different platforms so long as you have everything for that platform going to that drive. And that makes sense if you think about it. So, in retrospect, I suppose I was asking too much, or at least OVERcomplicating a simple issue. Thanks again everyone.

Ok. I guess this is what I'm going to have to do. Thank you for your patience and answers.

Everything is already set to the new folder in the new drive. Everything works. EXCEPT when I want to import a NEW game. Then LB wants to import to the OLD location.

I am aware of this. I understand that many people don't seem to grasp the concept, but I am well aware of it. But still, thank you for that. Why is that, though? You can have multiple file paths within the LB root, directing to different drives for games, and importing to those specific platforms have no issues. So why cannot it be changed? If I have to I'll delete the platform, media and all, and redo everything directed to the new drive if I have to, but I'm trying to avoid that. My internet isn't fastest on the planet, so redownloading everything (like the media) is going to take a while.

That is what I am trying to do. Set the paths to the new location so that when I import a new ROM for a platform it imports them to the NEW (G:) location. As mentioned above, all the games that I want to be moved within LB are set to the NEW drive (G:). The individual games are set to the NEW drive (G:) within the "Launching" option under "Edit Game." It's set. I also tried the "Change ROMs Folder Path for Selected Games" that you suggested and agreed to all prompts. Yet whenever I try to import a new game it still wants to import to the old location (H:), not the path I literally just set up using the "Change ROMs Folder Path for Selected Games" method (G:).

Sorry for the late reply. I went to sleep. LB was installed originally on C drive. I have three internal drives on my computer, and in the original configuration I had the majority of games on my C drive, but a few were on separate internal drives. Then I transferred everything to an external HD, (H:). It was already made portable. Meaning I can unplug the USB from my computer and plug it into a different computer and everything is still there and works. However, as the drive (H:) is getting full, I want to have two (2) separate drives. A majority of games and all the media (video snaps, meta data, pictures, etc) on one drive (H:) and the more modern platforms (such as PS3, Wii, Wii U, Switch, 3DS) on a separate drive (G:). Is the issue because I have the LB drive (H:) portable, so it will only direct everything to the portable drive by default? If so, how can that be changed? If not, I guess I should make it portable no longer.

Thank you for the reply. I'm not quite following what you wrote, but I think that I somewhat understand it. So basically the settings that I have changed does NOT change the default location the LB wants to place the ROMs in, correct? Is there a way to change that? I mean, there is a way to make the entire LB portable, which by default is partially saved in Users/Documents on the computer. There has to be a way to change the default. Back before I put everything into an external HD I remember having files all over the place. NES in one drive, Saturn in another, and everything worked fine. Are you suggesting that I have to delete the platform and then re-add it pointing it to the new location?

A little backstory, but briefly. I have a 4TB USB drive connected to my thunderport set as the main LaunchBox directory. All media, including games, go into this drive (H:). I began running out of space due to the large size of newer games. So I bought a 2TB USB drive connected to my other thunderport (G:). Transferred all games I wanted over to the new drive, changed the file paths in LaunchBox to reflect new game destination. I ran a game on each platform to test and they transferred successfully. No issues. To summarize: OLD location of FULL drive was H:, bought new drive, transferred all games from OLD drive (H:) into NEW drive (G:). Changed game file path for platforms I moved in LaunchBox Platorm Path settings. When I began adding new games to the new hard drive, importing option stated that the OLD game path (H:) as the destination, not the NEW game path (G:). Using the Nintendo Switch as an example. I set up the file paths correctly within LaunchBox/Tools/Manage Platforms. After the above Import mistake I went and double checked. As can be clearly seen, I have the path for games set to the NEW drive (G:). And yet... To TRIPLE check that everything works correctly, clicking on the "Browse" icon, which is supposed to show the path that's shown in the "Folder Path" section, it directs me to the OLD drive (H:). I have tried resetting the paths multiple times, I have tried resetting LaunchBox, updating (I'm on the most current version available), restarting my entire computer. Nothing works. Despite the Folder Path for every platform I moved correct, it does not actually lead to that path. Again, the games themselves work, so the paths are working for the games themselves, but whenever I try and import new games LaunchBox defaults to the OLD drive and not the NEW drive, but it shows me that it is pointing at the NEW drive. I'm at a loss here.

Thank you very much for replying and not letting this question go unanswered. That first one did it! I was under the impression that the script needed to go into the "Exit Sript" tab. It makes sense if you think about it, and all the articles and questions with answers don't specify that it needs to go into "Running Script" and not "Exit Script." I had everything else set up correctly this whole time, and even tried the script you just posted, but always in "Exit Script." I knew I was doing something wrong! Thanks!

Thanks, but still nothing. I just tried it. Perhaps the spacing is wrong? Would you mind copy/paste that line and I would try again? Edit: Well, I tried it again (this time in the correct screen), but now it's no longer fullscreen. Edit2: It looks like it TRIES to go fullscreen, but then is kicked back to windowed. And yes, everything is set up to be fullscreen, it was fullscreen before the script. Edit3: I feel like I need to correct myself. When starting a game in launchbox, it DOES seem to start in fullscreen but then ESC just minimizes the screen. It does nothing afterall.

Where on earth is "Running AutoHotKey Script" located? I looked everywhere. Edit: I am not running on admin. Is this what you're talking about? I've tried all of them and it still wont exit, just minimize the screen.

I need to stress that this is for LAUNCHBOX not BIGBOX. I've tried following the steps that Koroth answered to no avail. I have also set up the correct AHK, also to no avail. I KNOW that I am doing something wrong here obviously, yet ALL the steps listed in both links were followed to the letter with no joy. To recap. I have the Exit Script set up in Launchbox > Manage Emulators > RPCS3 > Exit Scrip set to every last AHK on the forums (which is basically three). I have the emulator itself set up RPCS3 > Settings > Emulator Settings > CHECKED box for Exit RPCS3 when process finishes (including the game specific Custom Configuration). The games themselves work just fine, they just exit fullscreen and not the game itself. I have even tried the ESC:: Send !{f4} trick and nothing works. I KNOW I'm missing something here.

OK, just to update (sorry, was installing flooring so I was busy), but I found the cause of my issue. I installed the Launchbox on my M.2 SSD in the beginning, but to save on space (for the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077), I decided to move my install root to another SSD on my computer that has space, but I forgot to remove the old folder. So, I was trying to add the new themes to my OLD Launchbox instead of the new location. Long story short, human error, everything works great.

Yeah, I know. I wasn't trying to insult anyone. My bad if it came off that way. I was hoping someone would reply with "You idiot! Turn on the 'change theme' setting" or some such. I tried moving the settings.xml out of the /Data folder with Launchbox off. Turned it back on and it didn't generate a new Settings.xml and the Themes still don't show up (even with a brand new downloaded theme). So I moved the xml off the drive that Launchbox is installed on to see if that worked. Still nothing. This isn't a "game breaking" issue, it's just slightly annoying. I just bought the Launchbox premium a little while ago, so I'm still messing around with things. There doesn't seem to be a whole lot that's different from the free version to paid (except more options), and I haven't quite decided if I like Big Box yet or not. Regardless, it's not working. I have no idea why.

Soooooo does no one know how to help? I'd really rather not have to uninstall and place all the games back in manually again. My internet sucks so bad that it'll take forever.

Here is the license.

Yes. I have the license in the main directory. Yes, the correct folder is placed in LBThemes. It simply doesn't show up at all.

I have LB 11.8 licensed. I downloaded a custom LAUNCHBOX theme (not Big Box), inside the LBThemes folder with the Default and Old Default folders are, and it does not show up in Tools/View/Themes. It still only shows Default and Old Default. Nothing else. I have tried everything to get these themes to show up. Am I missing something? Just for CLARIFICATION. I have the PAID version, with the license file in the root directory. I have access to all paid content just fine. I can change Big Box themes with ease. I have followed the official ReadMe.txt on how to place custom themes. NOTHING shows up EXCEPT the Default and Old default themes. I have also followed the official video on the LaunchBox website on how to change themes on LaunchBox (which is different than the readme). Both have failed. I did everything correct, with the latest version, with the correct license, following the guides available to the letter. I have made sure the files are unzipped and in the correct folder. I have even changed the name to the folder to "Test." Nothing at all works. ALL I CAN SELECT ARE THE DEFAULT AND THE OLD DEFAULT.