starfiretbt Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 How do I remove a game from my library without deleting the files? I see the delete feature but I don't want to delete the files. The reason I want this is I have a game that I want, and it's in Launchbox but Launchbox decided, out of the blue, to go looking in that game folder and choose some random file in that folder and import it as a ROM without my choice. So now I have two entries in Launchbox for the same game, one I want, and the other I don't. I don't want to delete the extra entry because I don't want to loose the game; according to "launching" it chose the whole folder as a ROM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution bob_the_blob2 Posted July 18 Solution Share Posted July 18 (edited) Hey @starfiretbt I'll try and help you out here! If you right-click on the duplicate game and choose edit > delete, after confirming the deletion if it's associated with a ROM it will ask you if you want to remove the ROM file from your hard drive as well. You can simply select `NO` and the ROM will remain on disk. The reason it likely imported the duplicate in the first place is that you have `Options > General > Automated Imports` turned on. If you prefer to import your games manually you can turn that off, but it sounds like you want to keep this on, so we can try and see why it imported this duplicate. As you said, an easy way to check this is usually to compare the paths in the `Launching` section of the game, very strange that it's showing an entire folder. What platform is this for? And what is the extension of the original ROM compared to what the duplicate tried to import? Once you delete the duplicate it shouldn't try to auto-reimport it unless you run a manual scan. Hope that helps, let me know how you get on. Edited July 18 by bob_the_blob2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Beats Posted July 18 Share Posted July 18 12 hours ago, starfiretbt said: How do I remove a game from my library without deleting the files? I see the delete feature but I don't want to delete the files. The reason I want this is I have a game that I want, and it's in Launchbox but Launchbox decided, out of the blue, to go looking in that game folder and choose some random file in that folder and import it as a ROM without my choice. So now I have two entries in Launchbox for the same game, one I want, and the other I don't. I don't want to delete the extra entry because I don't want to loose the game; according to "launching" it chose the whole folder as a ROM. Unless you have the option on to allow LaunchBox to delete your ROMs (which is off by default) we never remove the actual ROM file when you remove a game from LaunchBox. That setting can be changed in the Options menu. You can turn off automated ROM imports in the options menu as well which will stop the import you're seeing in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starfiretbt Posted July 18 Author Share Posted July 18 Thank you guys for your help, I thought delete would only remove the entry and not the game however I didn't want to take that chance without asking first; I wanted to be safe than sorry. Your right, I did have automatic rom import on, I did not want it on so I turned it off. I turned it off after I deleted the game so I ended up having to delete the game a second time. The plateform was "ScummVM" I only have one game on that platform, "Sam and Max Hit the Road." Everything is as it should be, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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