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Updated the links. It is still available, I had just updated my bitbucket username, which invalidated all the links. I haven't tested it recently. Hopefully it should still work.

Hmmm, I actually have no clue what would cause that exception. That isn't in code I changed... If you want to send me your xml files, I can try to replicate this problem. Unfortunately, it is failing when actually moving files, so I doubt I'll be able to replicate it. Does your path to the media have odd characters in it, or does it sit outside of the LaunchBox directory?

I've tested it and it looks like this should do what you are looking for. If it works I'll post the update to bit bucket. LaunchBoxTools.exe

That is actually the reason I initially added the platform renaming. I'll try and find time to add this functionality back.

@Bizzar721 I think you can rename your platforms inside of LaunchBox. I dont think you need tools to do that. If you can't figure out how, let me know and I'll try adding back platform renaming.

Sorry that this took longer than anticipated. I've updated the executable so it works with the new data directory. One caveat is that I've disabled platform renaming, as this is more difficult to do with the new directory structure. For your ease, I've attached the new executable here. LaunchBoxTools.exe

I plan to address this next week in my spare time. Sorry for the delay.

Hmm... That seems like an off by one error. I haven't seen it, so I'm not really sure. Unfortunately, I just graduated and am my stuff is all packed away for the next month, so I have no way to debug or change anything with the tools. Sorry :(

How big are the files you are renaming? How much free space is left on the hard drive they are being renamed from/to?

LaunchBoxTools does not create any new entries in your launchbox file, just adds data to existing ones. It sounds like that is what is happening, correct?

1) I don't remember. 2) Synopsis files are related to this site: http://www.emuxtras.net/forum/ 3) Yes, it works on Windows; though, you do need to have the Go language installed. For 1 and 2, hopefully the original requesters of those features can remind me where to download them :)

You have the logic slightly backwards, and that is probably leading to the problem. In hide duplicates, the fields are used to tell the system how to pick which game should be shown, while the rest are hidden. For example, lets say you have the following game list: Game 1 (version: Beta) Game 1 (version: 1) Game 2 (region: Japan) Game 2 (region: USA) If you were to run the duplicate hider without setting any options, it would make you pick which of both Game 1 and Game 2 you wan't shown in your library. If instead you used a Built-in filed of version = 1, then it would hide Game 1 (version: Beta) automatically, while keeping Game 1 (version: 1) visible. The system would also prompt you to select between the two duplicates for Game 2, because the version string option wasn't sufficient for it to select a single item (i.e., both might be version: 1). Let me know if that helps.

I'm guessing you have LaunchBox installed in your program files. Yes in the case you would need admin rights to write the changes. I don't even know how to make my program escalate and ask for those rights as needed, to be honest. As for finding the region in filenames, you can certainly do that. Just use the contains options. Feel free to play around with the options, that is why I created the test buttons. My suggestion for regions though, is that you first run the filename scraper to pull region information out of your ROMS. This will work if they use the clean rom spec (i.e., (USA), (EUROPE), (USA, Europe), etc.). Then you will have that info and can use the steps I suggested.

apathy did you edit your response? I got an email saying that said your post indicate you were still having a problem hiding games. Is this still an issue for you? As for your question, you can do that. Here is how I would usually do it. The selectors i use are in this order: 1) Built-in field. Region, Exactly "USA" 2) Built-in field. Region, Contains "USA" 3) Version. Highest version. 4) Custom field. Filename. Shortest. 1 will select games that are only in the USA, where as 2 will only be applied if 1 didn't match any games. 3 gives you the highest version, and 4 picks the shortest filename, which will help you pick only one item if the other 3 leave you with more than one possible candidate for de-duplication.

CriticalCid, try out this version and see if it fixes your problem. This version relies on CRC's always being the first value. It is also more lenient with bad synopsis files, such as empty lines, and also handles the HTML encoded data more elegantly. I would like to have a couple people check this out with synopsis files to make sure it works for everyone before I add it to the main download.