STEMALO Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 OK let me state that i have setup Launchbox and BIGBOX in the past where everything worked perfectly. Ran into an issue where BIGBOX did not want to start (not certain if it was after a WIN10 update or Launchbox update). Was told to delete a certain XML file and that fixed the issue. Fast forward a couple of months, ran into the same issue again. Went to delete the XML file and said it did not have the rights. Tried playing around with admin rights and gave up. Now just go an email about new version of Launchbox and i said lets give it a go again, Ran into the same issue. Not certain what i did with the permissions but not BIGBOX runs but when i select a game it says launching and then come back to previous menu. \ It does this for Launchbox and BIGBOX. Need help as i miss my arcade. I have DISCORD if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Hi there, have you tried rebooting? What XML file are you trying to delete? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEMALO Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 yes, multiple times. Close Launchbox/Bigbox navigate to Launchbox/Themes/Default and delete the themesettings.xml there and try starting Bigbox. Once i was able to delete it BIGBOX now starts, the issue is that i cannot launch anything. It says loading then goes back to game menu. I think it has to do with file rights but i am not certain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 29 minutes ago, stephane.malo@gmail.com said: yes, multiple times. Close Launchbox/Bigbox navigate to Launchbox/Themes/Default and delete the themesettings.xml there and try starting Bigbox. Once i was able to delete it BIGBOX now starts, the issue is that i cannot launch anything. It says loading then goes back to game menu. I think it has to do with file rights but i am not certain. I'm not exactly sure how ThemeSettings.xml could be getting messed up or cause Big Box to not launch, but it if you're unable to delete it after a reboot (before running LaunchBox or Big Box), then there is definitely some sort of a file permissions issue. What folder is LaunchBox installed to? If LaunchBox doesn't have write permissions to its own folder, then it won't be able to run properly, so I suspect that's the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEMALO Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 how do i make sure that launchbox has the right permissions to do everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Unfortunately Windows does not make that easy, because file permissions can be very complicated. This is a step-by-step process that should work though: https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/take-ownership-folder-windows-10-using-file-explorer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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