The way RetroPie manages this is by running an additional script after the input configuration phase - see here. The script then reads the es_temporaryinput.cfg file and generates auto-configuration for various emulators - see the script here.
You can probably create a similar utility (in Delphi/Pascal) that parses the es_temporaryinput.cfg file and generates configurations for the emulators you need.

@ruckage i should of figured as much. probably one of the last music files i downloaded i need to just delete. what about the error finding message? any thoughts? also where do i go to find these error logs?