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So it sounds like it would be easier to just move the games I want, which is just a handful, and delete the whole folder with the rest. By the way how do I set the delete option for a complete delete? I don't see it in tools or options.

When I downloaded M.A.M.E. I downloaded one of those multi packs that was, if I remember correctly, about 40-60 Gigabytes in size and contained around 4,000 games, most junk games. I would like to select multiple games and delete them not just from LB but also from my computer. As it stands I have to individually 1. select a game I don't want 2. Open file location 3. find the file as listed in LB 4. delete the game from LB and 5. delete the file from my computer. This is going to be a lot of work for 4,000 games and I would much rather just 1. select multiple games and 2. delete them from LB and my computer instead of having to search for the file it is running from, especially since the files are in folders with weird codes for names. It almost seems easier to select just the games I want, move them into another folder, delete the original folder, and kick myself for downloading this insanely huge variety pack instead of just downloading the individual game roms.

Thank you for that information.

The metatdata and media finally continued just now after 24 hours. Is there anything else that could be done other than waiting a day for what I guess was an error as that was what it got listed as?

I tried the "download metadata and media" yesterday and since I have over 4 thousand games, mostly from some kind of variety pack from the M.A.M.E. website it takes a while for all that to download media from. After a day it seems to be stuck on a particular game. How do I unstick it? If I hit cancel will I lose all the metadata and media I got from this?

So if it says "; This section closes Snes9x when pressing Escape $Esc:: { Process, Close, {{{StartupEXE}}} }" I want to leave the top section like this right? "; This section closes Snes9x when pressing Escape"

I installed 11.4, but while I have you is there a way to disable certain Launchbox keys? When I run Snex9x the esc key is supposed to disable key commands but within Launchbox it shuts down the game. I have to disable keys when changing game controller configurations. I supposed I could always edit key commands outside of Launchbox but what if I am running a program that needs the esc key?

OK I reinstalled LB and it works now, thank you guys. It even preserved "Big Box" and "Premium" which I purchased.

Sorry to bother you guys again but what do you mean putting things in non-default locations? I might have made some changes to folders and where things are stored, for example when I started M.A.M.E. I moved the roms to a folder called "M.A.M.E." but I think Launchbox prefers a folder called "Arcade" which it keeps making for those roms. I don't remember if I made any other changes other than a notepad text file reminding me to move other files when I switch to a new computer.

I'm using windows 10, so currently my launch box address is C:\Users\TBTol\LaunchBox and when it asks where I need to request C:\Users\TBTol right? Sorry for asking dumb questions I am just very worried about screwing this up and losing data. For future reference how would I back up launch box? Just copy the whole folder in bold? C:\Users\TBTol\LaunchBox

So what's the solution? Do I re-download Launchbox and if I do will I be able to keep all the information from the old launchbox? Things like images, game information, all that stuff? EDIT: I'm asking this because I am trying to understand what they are saying and that's what it sounds like. If you say I will keep my information I will do it.

I just updated launchbox because it suggested I do that, I restarted my computer just as it suggested, now Launchbox won't open when I click on it. Task manager doesn't show anything starting either.

If I wanted to install a windows game in launchbox do I choose the location C:\Users\(myusername)\LaunchBox\Games\Windows as a location? That's where all my windows games that didn't need to be installed are, the ones that are in self contained folders that can easily be moved.

Before I started emulating old games I played and still play a lot of online games. Most online games require adobe flash to run which I hear web browsers are giving up. I downloaded a swf file player as an emulator and have been saving the web pages the games have been hosted on so the games I loved aren't lost forever. However Most of what I save from the web page looks like useless files, such as files intended to run ads. I can recognize the .swf file and can guess which files I don't need but I can't tell if some of the files in the folder are essential for the running of the game. Can Launch box tell if a file is needed for a game to function?

I have been trying to play the game "Master of Magic" for Dos but Launch Box won't run the game. I think it's because there are five different applications in the download, one is the install file which easily goes to the "configure" selection. When I select the application file that runs the game it opens but then immediately closes. Do I need to add the other application files somewhere in the "edit" section? I have the same problem with "Wing Commander: Privateer"

Where is this Taewon build?

I downloaded Wing Commander Privateer but I can't get LB to open it. It came with three files, one LB recognizes as the configuration file which works, another opens but is only 9 KB and it only tries to calibrate the joystick but says the joystick is uncalibrated and closes, the last is what is think is the actual game as it is 903 KB but it won't open. I imported it as an MS-DOS game and yes it is DOS, it is in the location it is supposed to be.

I have been trying to play "Wing Commander: Privateer" however when I try to start the game I get a joystick calibration screen asking me to move the joystick and press buttons. However no matter what I do it ends with it saying "joystick calibration is not correct. Please re-calibrate." How do I do that? Also when I imported the game I noticed there were three files, one an install file that LB adds to the "configure" option when I right click and two other files. One is small (9KB) and is the one that wants a re-calibrated joystick, the other is large (903KB) and doesn't open at all.

So I have always unzipped games I played when I loaded them in LB, however I downloaded a M.A.M.E. emulator and some kind of game collection including thousands of games all zipped. The games play just fine despite this. Is this because of the way M.A.M.E. emulators work and is it possible for LB to do the same?

Hey guys that worked really well. I would have thanked you guys sooner but I didn't know you guys responded. I thought I would get an email if you guys said something, I didn't. But I came back because I was about to do the notepad++ hacking on my own. I don't know if there is a section of the forum for this but you guess really do a great job. I also wanted to thank you guys for how you design the "clean up media" feature (I think it was the clean up media" feature). I wanted LB to go through and get rid of files I wasn't using but I use LB to store other game related files so when I transfer to a new computer all I have to do is move LB and I was worried those would get deleted. I hoped the clean media would find and give me the option to select what I wanted deleted and it turned out it already did. It worked exactly as I hoped it would so I just wanted to tell you guys you are doing an amazing job.

Mainly because LB keeps making the folder so now I have a folder for Super Nintendo Entertainment System and a folder for SNES games. However the LB folder has a nicer title. So I downloaded Notepad++, I assume I need to move all the games to the other folder, open the LaunchBox\data\platforms screen, find Super Nintendo Entertainment System and open with Notepad++, and then find and replace all Games\SNES Games\ with Games\Super Nintendo Entertainment System\. Is this the correct way?

I see this is an old thread but I also have a similar question. I played a lot of Super Nintendo games on an emulator before I added them and the emulator to launch-box so all my Super Nintendo games are in a folder that is not the folder that launch box keeps making for Super Nintendo games. If I move all my SNES games to the preferred folder by launch box and edit the path using the same method will that work just as well?

I like this site https://www.gamesdatabase.org/ if submitting links is okay