belgianfred

Hello, Since i'm using same structure for all my frontends (recalbox - batocera - emulationstation and launchbox, yeak i know) i'm for this option too and i wanted to share my "solution" to achieve that: i created a batch file that contains commands to create a symlink from a folder to another to avoid the haslle of going trough the process to edit platform one by one on each computer. ex: My scrapped pictures are in "F:\Roms\3do\media\images" and i want Launchbox to use this folder instead of the default folder (Screenshot - Game Select) "F:\LaunchBox\Images\3DO Interactive Multiplayer\Screenshot - Game Select\". Then the command will look like this: mklink /j "F:\LaunchBox\Images\3DO Interactive Multiplayer\Screenshot - Game Select\" "F:\Roms\3do\media\images" BUT there is 2 folders name which change for each system on each command to create the whole batch. - So i created an tabulation file with excel and decomposed the command with a column for each folder that change every lines. - To ease that process i use the command "cd /d f:/Roms" to get in the folder where i want a text list of its contains with the command: "dir /b > dirlist.txt". A list named "dirlist.txt" should be created with all folder names. - Just copy/paste thoses 2 list in right column and correct if needed. - Once the excell file is completed copy/paste it in text editor and delete the big space (tabulation space) with "ctrl+h replace" function (respect case ticked). - Save the text file under "XXX.bat" But before executing the batch we need to delete the destination folder since windows can't create the link if it already exist. - Make a search in the F:\LaunchBox\Images\ "Select sorte:=dossier nom:" (it wil only search folder containing "select" ans sort it by name, select all and delete. - Execute batch: a new symlink folder (with a shorctur arrow on it) should be created in each platform folder. - Start launchbox and go to tool: refresh all images all should be ok. (be sure to go in options and set image priority to the correct folder in this case: Screenshot - Game Select) PS: i share also those file it might help someone i hope. Sorry for my spelling or bad grammary, my mother language is french. Cheers. mklink.bat symlink batch contruct.xlsx