stevaside Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 "It appears that your LaunchBox\Data\Settings.xml file is corrupt; Launchbox can not continue. Please try removing a backup of the file from the Backups folder inside of your Launchbox root folder Root element is missing" So I tried replacing the settings.xml file with the one in the backups & nothing...LB is completely unusable now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 did you rename the file to remove any date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevaside Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 1 hour ago, neil9000 said: did you rename the file to remove any date? Yes, I renamed it exactly what it was originally called, settings.xml I believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Just now, stevaside said: Yes, I renamed it exactly what it was originally called, settings.xml I believe the only other thing I can suggest then is just to delete it from the data folder, and a new one should be created when you start Launchbox, you will however obviously have to then change back any settings you altered from the default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevaside Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 4 minutes ago, neil9000 said: the only other thing I can suggest then is just to delete it from the data folder, and a new one should be created when you start Launchbox, you will however obviously have to then change back any settings you altered from the default. Nope, I get the same message & went back to the data folder & there's no new settings.xml file created Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Hmm, that's a strange one, @Jason Carr any ideas here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Sounds like this might be a file permissions issue or something like that, especially if the Settings.xml file is never created. There's something strange going on there for sure. What directory do you have LaunchBox installed to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevaside Posted November 19, 2017 Author Share Posted November 19, 2017 17 hours ago, Jason Carr said: Sounds like this might be a file permissions issue or something like that, especially if the Settings.xml file is never created. There's something strange going on there for sure. What directory do you have LaunchBox installed to? C:\Launchbox Same location I've always had it, never any problems until this new update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 On 11/19/2017 at 8:22 AM, stevaside said: C:\Launchbox Same location I've always had it, never any problems until this new update What happens if you install LaunchBox to a new/different folder? Do you get the same issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevaside Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 On 11/21/2017 at 4:27 PM, Jason Carr said: What happens if you install LaunchBox to a new/different folder? Do you get the same issues? I clicked on the update exe, reinstalled to new folder & it opened..then I copied all my old folders over from old directory into new Launchbox folder & now getting same message, won't open at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Gotcha. So I'm guessing it's a data issue then. Can you zip up and PM me your LaunchBox\Data folder? I'll take a look and see what the problem is. Make sure you PM it and don't post it here for privacy reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevaside Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 9 minutes ago, Jason Carr said: Gotcha. So I'm guessing it's a data issue then. Can you zip up and PM me your LaunchBox\Data folder? I'll take a look and see what the problem is. Make sure you PM it and don't post it here for privacy reasons. Just sent..thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 @stevaside Sorry for the delay here; just pulled up your data. Unfortunately it looks like you have several completely corrupted data files. Settings.xml, BigBoxSettings.xml, and Platforms.xml are all corrupted, as well as Arcade.xml from the Data\Platforms folder. I don't know how this could have happened outside of a file system or hard drive issue. You *might* be able to use files from your LaunchBox\Backups folder to replace these files to get back up and running, though. I would make sure to run chkdsk and such to see if you have any further issues with the drive first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevaside Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 On 12/1/2017 at 2:55 PM, Jason Carr said: @stevaside Sorry for the delay here; just pulled up your data. Unfortunately it looks like you have several completely corrupted data files. Settings.xml, BigBoxSettings.xml, and Platforms.xml are all corrupted, as well as Arcade.xml from the Data\Platforms folder. I don't know how this could have happened outside of a file system or hard drive issue. You *might* be able to use files from your LaunchBox\Backups folder to replace these files to get back up and running, though. I would make sure to run chkdsk and such to see if you have any further issues with the drive first. Well I copied all those over from the backup folder & still couldn't get LB to open at all, kept getting the corrupted file message....so...I just copied over those same files u mentioned from a backup I made of all my LB folders & files a couple months back on another hard drive..and I finally got it to open up again..Big Box seemed to work, there were all my games again to select...but I knew with my luck it wouldn't be that easy...and sure enough, NONE of the games will run. Each one I click on within the wheel, freezes for a second or 2 & then goes right back to the menu. Nothing happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 46 minutes ago, stevaside said: Well I copied all those over from the backup folder & still couldn't get LB to open at all, kept getting the corrupted file message....so...I just copied over those same files u mentioned from a backup I made of all my LB folders & files a couple months back on another hard drive..and I finally got it to open up again..Big Box seemed to work, there were all my games again to select...but I knew with my luck it wouldn't be that easy...and sure enough, NONE of the games will run. Each one I click on within the wheel, freezes for a second or 2 & then goes right back to the menu. Nothing happens I'm guessing something else is wrong with the files on your disk (ROMs/emulators). It's impossible for me to be able to troubleshoot it from here, but that would be my first guess. I would be careful about continuing to use that hard drive as it's possibly dying. I would first run a chkdsk on the drive to see what's going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevaside Posted December 24, 2017 Author Share Posted December 24, 2017 40 minutes ago, Jason Carr said: I'm guessing something else is wrong with the files on your disk (ROMs/emulators). It's impossible for me to be able to troubleshoot it from here, but that would be my first guess. I would be careful about continuing to use that hard drive as it's possibly dying. I would first run a chkdsk on the drive to see what's going on. They have all worked fine in MAME though since I started having problems with LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 17 hours ago, stevaside said: They have all worked fine in MAME though since I started having problems with LB Okay, then it's probably an issue with the emulator configuration or ROM files. Check to make sure the ROM files exist in the right spot and that MAME is configured properly in LaunchBox. It's difficult for me to troubleshoot the issue from here, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevaside Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 On 12/24/2017 at 3:21 PM, Jason Carr said: Okay, then it's probably an issue with the emulator configuration or ROM files. Check to make sure the ROM files exist in the right spot and that MAME is configured properly in LaunchBox. It's difficult for me to troubleshoot the issue from here, unfortunately. I went & checked the settings & everything looked right...I didn't change anything, but all of a sudden now the games appear to open..Weird...as long as it stays that way I'll be good I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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