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Eh, I think there is some confusion, it's good to clarify what's happening. Here's why I thought there was confusion: Well if that's the case, then that never changed. I can still do the import in any version. It's just in 13.5 onward importing (at least for me), causes other problems. The entries still get imported. Also this: This also never changed in any version. I can do that in 13.3 and I can do it in a fresh install of 13.14. What I CAN'T do is do that in 13.5 - 13.14 after I've already imported an older database. This is why I was saying nothing about this was "fixed" since the behavior remains the same in every version. Also this: Blank entries seem to automatically get filed as "Unknown Platform.xml", so a .xml with a blank name was never an issue in any of this to begin with, hence why I thought people were getting confused. Anyway, I'm not trying to be a jackass here, but it felt a bit like I was being gaslit for a second.

No, that's incorrect also. I'll try to keep it simple since people are still confused. Here's what I observed: -Creating a new entry with no platform on 13.3 and earlier = No problem. It's automatically assigned as "Unknown platform." Everything works. -Creating a new entry with no platform on a completely fresh install of 13.5 - 13.14 (with no previous entries) = Seemingly no problem. It's automatically assigned as "Unknown platform." -Updating my old database on 13.3 or earlier to 13.5 or later then modifying / creating / deleting any entries with no platform specified = Appears to let me make changes, but won't save upon restart. It acts like it's read only. Worse, this creates the ILLUSION that changes are made, but they are completely undone when LB is restarted. This is terrible default behavior for it to be intentional and didn't exist before. Now the unknown element is why my old database screws up on 13.5 onward, but it's a bug either way. Considering how I can still create an entry with a blank platform on a fresh install of 13.14, nothing was "fixed" regarding entries with a blank platform. It worked before, it works now from a clean install, but it doesn't seem to work properly with my old entries + something else corrupts on new entries when bringing over my old database.

No, you're misunderstanding the situation. This is 100% a bug. What's unclear is what conditions trigger it. I just tried to recreate it on a fresh system inside a VM on 3.14 and it didn't happen, so no idea why 13.5 onward breaks some of the functionality on my existing database on my main system.

I SOLVED IT (sort of) For anyone else this might be helpful for: If a game has a blank entry for the platform, then Launchbox seems to act as though it's read-only and any changes get purged when you restart. This means you can add games that seemingly disappear later or delete ones that re-appear. The solution I found was to revert to an older version of Launchbox, though I had to go significantly older. I tested about a dozen versions until I narrowed it down. The bug seems to emerge after 13.3. Version 13.3 lets me delete old entries, create new ones, etc. In all versions for 13.5 onward (I didn't have an installer for 13.4 to test), the bug emerges and I can't fix my old entries with a blank entry for platform. It's possible something else is going on also, since I thought I was using a more recent version that, but either way, I'll be sticking to 13.3 for some time now.

Okay, this does seem like it could be the part of the problem, but it's still confusing. I did some testing and here is what I found: Creating a new entry as "Windows" = works Creating a new entry with a blank entry for platform = disappears on relaunching Trying to change the platform of an existing game with a blank entry for platform to "Windows" = doesn't work, the platform information disappears on relaunching. So it looks like it works properly after all, but only for games that have a field entered for platform. The ones with a blank field seem unmodifiable. Is there any remedy to this? It seems like Launchbox can't handle a blank field for that anymore, but won't let me fix the existing ones. Does anyone know what version that started? As for the "why", I don't enjoy data entry, so I do the bare minimum for my purposes. Like I said, the vast majority of my games are already on Windows and a lot of the time when I add a game, the Launchbox database doesn't have an entry for it, so I just fill in the bare minimum information that I care about (title, genre, year, and screenshot). I don't mark platform since I'm never confused about that, it would just be busy work on my end.

Looks like the problem is deeper than I first realized. I can't add new entries either. Or rather, I can, but then when I restart Launchbox, they're all gone. Judging from my last game entry, it looks like this problem has been going on since late April for me and I just didn't realize it. I've tried reverting to 13.11, but the same problem is present, trying to figure out what is going on.

No, while it is a windows game, in this case it's "unknown platform" since the data for the game wasn't there in the database when I created it, so I just left it blank.

That was unchecked also, none of my accounts were linked to it. Some other things I tried: -right clicking on the launchbox directory and unchecking "read-only" just in case some random file got set that way, didn't help. -For some reason the "installed" box was partially checked on the games. I tried unchecking that. When I restart launchbox, it's set back to how it was. It really seems like all changes are being overridden. -Unchecked options / data / backups / automatically bak up the launchbox xml files (then quit and deleted contents of launchbox\backups folder) It looks like not being able to delete is only part of the problem. I tried adding new data to a field as a test, then when I restarted Launchbox, that info is gone. Everything is acting like it's read-only and changes are discarded when I close Launchbox.

I'm not sure actually, I guess ROMs? I went to Tools / Options / General / Automated Imports and the option there is unchecked. If it helps, I don't have launchbox connected to any of my accounts, nor do I use it to actually launch anything, I just use it as an organizer to keep track of my games. Regarding the games, I'm actually not sure how many games have been refusing to delete now, but I've confirmed both Ragnorium and Dwerve for Windows refuse to delete. I also noticed on both those entries, the platform is blank. If it doesn't pull the information automatically when I make the entry, I often ignore that, since 99% of my collection is for Windows.

No, the option is unchecked.

I've noticed recently games I've deleted come back after restarting Launchbox. I did some research and the common answer was there were backup files in "LaunchBox\Data\Platforms". I've gone in there and there and don't see any backup or duplicate files. I tried simply removing the .XML files there, but all that does is remove my entire games listing. I also checked to make sure the files weren't set to read-only. I also tried going into "Launchbox\Backups" and deleting everything, but the game keeps coming back. What else can I do? UPDATE: I'm still not sure why, but the issue seems to be when updating from an older database that has entries that are blank for the platform field. The problem occurs from 13.5 onward, but is not present in 13.3 and earlier. For now, the solution seems to be to revert back to 13.3.

I've recently updated and I've noticed when adding a new game now I have to go through more menus than I did before, which slows me down. For example, if I added a new game before: On 9.10: Add the game, click download media for images I wanted, then I had an immediate preview of them. It was all in one place and relatively convenient. On 11.9: Add the game, then click on the media folder to download the images, then click on the media folder to download it, then click on the images folder to preview them. I now have to go through 3 menus instead of 1. While it's a relatively small change, if I'm doing this for hundreds of games, the additional time adds up. I just wanted to see if there was a way to have the old menu back or if this is a permanent change.

Thanks, that solved it.

I recently updated Launchbox after not doing it for a while (I was previously on 9.10). After updating, I'm noticing I can no longer scroll immediately like I used to. I like to scroll via screenshot view. On 9.10 = If I held the scrollbar to the side and dragged it down, the titles / images would IMMEDIATELY show up as I dragged the bar down. On 11.9 = If I hold the scrollbar and drag it down, nothing changes until I let go of the button. The screen stays frozen until I let go, then it jumps to the new position. This has really hurt the overall snappiness feel and makes it more of a pain to browse through my games. Is there a way to enable it to scroll via the old method?