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What would happen if I replace a xml data file such as the ones in the folder LaunchBox\Data\Platforms? I'm asking before I try it because while I can back up a file I'm worried restoring a file might affect other files and I don't want to create a domino style problem. The reason I'm asking is I'm having a problem that nobody seems able to solve here My last computer (which was window 10) played the games just fine but something happened when I started playing on my new computer (which is windows 11). I think a setting got changed so I want to replace the data file for windows 98 games because those are the only games affected. They worked just fine when I started playing them in my new computer but because the keyboard of my new computer was different I ended up pressing some keys that made the game, and others like them, not work in launchbox. I had keyboard problems like not having a scroll lock key for my emulator and pressing keys that affecting the emulator and the game in the emulator. And then Launchbox doing weird things with that entire category of games.

I'm still having problems with this. Launchbox does do this... 1. Recognizes the game file 2. Runs Retroarch 3. Runs the correct core which... 4. Runs the windows 98 operating system 5. But it does not load the file the game saves changes to and therefore only runs the initial game which is an installer. All saved data is gone. Retroarch stores all game changes, such as the installed game and any changes done in the game such as saved game files, to another zip file in the LaunchBox\Emulators\RetroArch-Win64\saves directory. How do I Launchbox to look at not only the zip the game is saved on but also the zip all changes to the game is saved on. EDIT: I should also mention, everything works fine if I load the game from Retroarch. The game loads, the core loads, the windows 98 operating system loads, and the missing game data also loads. It just doesn't work from Launchbox.

My apologies. By the way, it's not all windows 98, it seems to be just one game that has the problem. EDIT: Now it's all windows 98 games but one.

My associated platforms does have the right core from retroarch assigned to it, and my Nintendo 64 core is working fine. It's just my dosbox pure core when I'm emulating windows 98. It works fine with dos games but windows 98 games I have to go through retroarch to get them to run.

Launchbox isn't opening retroarch games. It's just opening retroarch despite the game being the file in the launching tab being the game file and not the emulator. Yes I'm clicking on the game and not just selecting "open retroarch." Also instead of opening the game in the correct core it takes me to suggested cores (which is a really long list). But then I'm having to open the game from retroarch so I don't know if that's the reason. I'm running windows 11 by the way.

I ended up reinstalling Launchbox. It works now.

I'm having this problem as well. Windows Defender isn't telling me it's blocking anything. If it was I would simply tell it to allow the program. What is the problem? Is it something that needs to be reinstalled?

Has anybody found a solution to this? This is happening to me as well

Thank you, I did just that. https://feedback.launchbox.gg/p/display-for-game-with-longest-played

In LaunchBox there is a display of the game you've played the most. Can this be changed to games you've played the longest?

Nevermind, I found out I can put the multiple discs in a folder, zip it up, and install it using Dosbox Pure. They have a more user friendly way of using dos programs than just the commands.

Launchbox has a great feature that allows you to install a dos game from a disc. This is great for people like me who are not really dos literate (the last time I installed a game using dos commands I had to be told step by step what to type to install the game), however it only allows one disc to be selected. If the game has more than one disc what do I do? I tried making an m3u file thinking that would join two discs into one file for launchbox to use but that didn't seem to work.

Thank you guys for your help, I thought delete would only remove the entry and not the game however I didn't want to take that chance without asking first; I wanted to be safe than sorry. Your right, I did have automatic rom import on, I did not want it on so I turned it off. I turned it off after I deleted the game so I ended up having to delete the game a second time. The plateform was "ScummVM" I only have one game on that platform, "Sam and Max Hit the Road." Everything is as it should be, thank you.

How do I remove a game from my library without deleting the files? I see the delete feature but I don't want to delete the files. The reason I want this is I have a game that I want, and it's in Launchbox but Launchbox decided, out of the blue, to go looking in that game folder and choose some random file in that folder and import it as a ROM without my choice. So now I have two entries in Launchbox for the same game, one I want, and the other I don't. I don't want to delete the extra entry because I don't want to loose the game; according to "launching" it chose the whole folder as a ROM.

If you guys say it's important then I will trust you and update it. I was worried it was a bad thing.

What is this "Dolphin" plugin launchbox keeps asking me to install when I open it?

Is there a reason important messages that need to be closed hide behind loading screen (first picture)? I have to click on the narrow part of the message that isn't hidden and make it larger so I can remove the message, I can't even move it (second picture).

Oh COMMODORE amiga, I never would have guessed. Thank you.

I'm trying to load a game called "Lemmings" 1994 for Amigacd32 and I don't see an Amiga platform in LaunchBox. Certainly Amiga was important enough to warrant a platform category. Is there an Amiga category and I'm missing something? If not and I have to make my own platform category is ms-dos close enough to scrape the game as?

I just did more research after writing my post and found this I haven't finished the video yet but it sounds like "scrape as" is for finding metadata. I would select my custom platform and launchbox would search the platform I "scraped as" for metadata. EDIT: Sorry for bothering you guys, I thought I did enough research before I posted but turns out I just needed to research more. I never know when enough work is enough work.

I tried importing a windows 98 game. Since I am emulating a windows 98 game through Retroarch I imported it as a ROM and chose it's platform as "windows 98." When I did that I got an option to "Scrape As." I was wondering what it meant and what I was supposed to do. I searched for this term in the forum and I get the impression it arises when you "create" a new platform. I did do this for "windows 98" as that wasn't a platform and it seemed the only way to assign a windows 98 emulator to a windows 98 game.

I don't know if I'm professional enough to make a video (maybe suggest that to ETA Prime) but I do know there is a video (I'm currently looking for it and if I find it I will post it) about managing emulators with associated platforms. My problem was I set Retroarch as the emulator for an old windows 9x game without assigning it in associated platforms (because there wasn't one for windows 98). I just 1. Right click on the game 2. Selected edit/edit metadata 3. Went to platform and changed [Windows] to [Windows 98] 4. Then went to the menu at the top of the Launchbox screen and went to Tools/Manage/Emulators 5. Clicked on Retroarch 6. Went down to [edit] at the bottom of the window 7. Clicked on Associated Platforms 8. At the bottom was [Windows 98] and I selected the core Dosbox Pure I had already installed Windows 98 in dosbox pure and installed the game in Windows 98. The game file needed to be the game file I use in Retroarch, meaning the zip file (not 7zip). Since I had already loaded the game in dosbox pure as Windows 98 the operating system automatically comes up and the game automatically comes up as well. This was my ordeal in setting up Windows 98 and the game through Windows 98 https://forums.libretro.com/t/need-help-posting/43221. I hope this helps.

Nevermind, the people at Retroarch were able to help me. This is how they helped me https://forums.libretro.com/t/windows-98-launchbox-compatability/43637.

I want to play old windows games and recently I installed windows 98 in Retroarch using their dosbox pure core. I can now play windows 98 games through Retroarch but I was hoping I can play those games in LaunchBox through Retroarch. I took the .zip file that Retroarch uses for the game and assigned it as the game file in LaunchBox under "Launching", then I assigned Retroarch as the emulator under "Emulation" but clicking play or double clicking on the game does nothing to start it. I would have thought at least it would start Retroarch and it would ask what core to use (which I would choose dosbox pure, then windows 98). Any ideas on how to get this to work?

OK, thank you guys. When I import games I usually put them where I want them to be and select "use files where they are" as opposed to "copy files to directory". Your right I do keep my games in folders because they usually have lots of files and sub folders. This issue is solved.