@joelgbr

(1) Is your Pie on the same network as your computer?

(2) What username and password are you using for WinSCP? It should be username: pi password: raspberry

(3) The Host name on WinSCP should be the IP address of your Pie... (You can find that by using the ShowIP function located in the RetropieConfiguration area...

(4) You can also use a Windows 'file explorer' window to talk to the RP by typing in // IP address (making sure it is recognizing it as a network instruction, and not a website)

(5) Install RetroPieManager (one of my favorite) by following the video below. It lets you access via your webrowser, by putting in the IP address followed by :8000 . It's pretty slick, and let's you know if the files you uploaded are compatible in those folders. Only issue with it is it doesn't quite work well will large files (500mb+)

@edmaul69 ok i will try that and i tell you if it's work thanks for your times

Thanks a lot! I assumed that because it requires root access, it would be impossible to edit like that.

Problem solved! :)

If you SSH into the Pi, you can run the following commands to reset permissions on some key folders:

sudo chown -R pi:pi /home/pi
sudo chown -R pi:pi /opt/retropie/configs

That will change the ownership user:group to pi:pi for all files and folders under those paths. The first one is the home directory where ROMs and other files are stored, and the second has configuration information including games list xml files.

Finally figured this out. You need to enable both the SFTP and SSH logins.

Click Edit --> Advanced. Choose the Tunnel menu under the Connection Category.

Check the "Connect through SSH tunnel" and type in the same info you used for the SFTP.

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