deucebane Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Hi all I just installed windows fresh on a new drive and wanted to get launchbox up and running, but only with my roms. I dont want to use launchbox for my steam library etc. Is it possible to prevent the automatic import of every game when you install? I dont want all that media installed for games other than my roms I love launchbox for managing dozens of roms across numerous systems, and want to just keep it for that. What's the best way to either prevent Launchbox from importing my whole library, or trim it down once its already done so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Beats Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Go to Tools > Options > General > Automated Imports and turn it off. Then delete the platform(s) that have been imported and you can continue to use LB the way you are wanting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeran Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 A few things to note: LaunchBox will only import supported storefront games that you have currently installed If you delete one of these games from LaunchBox, it won't ever be automatically imported again There's the option to turn this feature off, like C-Beats mentioned Anyone who upgraded to 13.6 will have this option off by default Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcoatjez Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 On 7/27/2023 at 4:05 PM, faeran said: Anyone who upgraded to 13.6 will have this option off by default I just did a fresh install of 13.6 and it is on by default Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, alcoatjez said: I just did a fresh install of 13.6 and it is on by default A fresh instal is not a upgrade, it works exactly as described in the changelog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcoatjez Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Ok, thank you for your reply. I assumed that it was disabled by default from now on, also for fresh installs. Too bad it isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.bloodSpinat2000 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 On 7/27/2023 at 3:36 PM, C-Beats said: Go to Tools > Options > General > Automated Imports and turn it off. Then delete the platform(s) that have been imported and you can continue to use LB the way you are wanting. Hey there! Unfortunately, there is no such option for me to tick off. I am on 13.11. Those auto imports are driving me crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Beats Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 minute ago, Dr.bloodSpinat2000 said: Hey there! Unfortunately, there is no such option for me to tick off. I am on 13.11. Those auto imports are driving me crazy. PC Automated imports was moved since this state. You'd now go to Tools > Manage > Storefronts to disable the setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.bloodSpinat2000 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 3 minutes ago, C-Beats said: PC Automated imports was moved since this state. You'd now go to Tools > Manage > Storefronts to disable the setting. Wow, that was super fast thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xX-Delirium-Xx Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 On 7/27/2023 at 10:05 AM, faeran said: A few things to note: LaunchBox will only import supported storefront games that you have currently installed If you delete one of these games from LaunchBox, it won't ever be automatically imported again There's the option to turn this feature off, like C-Beats mentioned Anyone who upgraded to 13.6 will have this option off by default the second one is false i deleted games from luanchbox and it just reinstalls it when i boot luanchbox up again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Beats Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 1 hour ago, xX-Delirium-Xx said: the second one is false i deleted games from luanchbox and it just reinstalls it when i boot luanchbox up again ROMs would. Storefront games should not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeizerMe Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 (edited) As Dr.bloodSpinat2000 said, "Tools > Manage > Storefronts to disable" the Enable automatic Imports on Startup to stop games from Stem, Epic, etc.. The other games will not show up again if properly deleted from LB. Make sure that the "allow deleting ROMS when deleting games is checked" in Tools>options at the top right, otherwise it will reimport the games you just removed or manually delete them in the games directory and scan for removed games. If you don't want to permanently delete other ROMs by accident make sure you uncheck the "allow deleting ROMS when deleting games". Edited July 16 by SeizerMe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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