using notepad++ to fix a huge headache in launchbox

[Emulation_Guru]

ok so my laptop  fizzed out and i rebooted it several times but without my external HDD plugged in... now it use to be drive F but noe K:

I have corrected all the pathes to the emulators etc manually but I am still getting this  error... How do  i USE NOTEPAD++ to correct the paths?

[DOS76]

Okay I'm thinking your saying your drive letter changed on the PC the quickest fix for this would be to go to disk management in Windows and change the letter back to the one your PC was originally using. To fix it in NP++ you would need to close LB go to the Data\Platforms and choose the platform you want to edit then go to search in the toolbar menu and select find in find type in the part of your path you want to change so really if you wanted to only change the drive path you would type F:\ then you would click the replace tab and type in K:\ and click replace all.

Edited October 29, 2017 by DOS76

[Emulation_Guru]

1 minute ago, DOS76 said:

Okay I'm thinking your saying your drive letter changed on the PC the quickest fix for this would be to go to disk management in Windows and change the letter back to the one your PC was originally was using. To fix it in NP++ you would need to close LB go to the Data\Platforms and choose the platform you want to edit then go to search in the toolbar menu and select find in find type in the part of your path you want to change so really if you wanted to only change the drive path you would type F:\ then you would click the replace tab and type in K:\ and click replace all.

ok ill try it...

[DOS76]

maybe back anything up before you change it

 

[Emulation_Guru]

2 minutes ago, DOS76 said:

maybe back anything up before you change it

 

since i started changing it to K I am gonna do the notepad++ method

[Emulation_Guru]

6 hours ago, DOS76 said:

Okay I'm thinking your saying your drive letter changed on the PC the quickest fix for this would be to go to disk management in Windows and change the letter back to the one your PC was originally using. To fix it in NP++ you would need to close LB go to the Data\Platforms and choose the platform you want to edit then go to search in the toolbar menu and select find in find type in the part of your path you want to change so really if you wanted to only change the drive path you would type F:\ then you would click the replace tab and type in K:\ and click replace all.

Im in the backups folder of LB but idk which xml file to edit... and when I search for F:\ THERE no results please tell me how to do it

[DOS76]

you don't edit from the backups folder you edit from Data\Platform\NameOfYourPlatform

[Emulation_Guru]

15 minutes ago, DOS76 said:

you don't edit from the backups folder you edit from Data\Platform\NameOfYourPlatform

I AM in data/platforms but it doesn't show any results to change from F;/ TO K:/ when i search..

NVM I FOUND IT!

Edited October 29, 2017 by RetroGaming
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