Custom Collections are not Showing in Emulationstation for Windows

[mitu]

@pittstone Hm, did some tests and there might be a problem with the custom collections path detection. Not sure if it's specific to Windows though.
So I created a custom-megaman.cfg in the collections folder, ES logs that it cannot find the file:

lvl2: 	Found non-collection config file in collections folder: ustom-megaman.cfg

The problem looks like it comes from computing the filename to be checked. Filename is passed as C:/Users/mitu/Desktop/es-toolkit-1.2/emulationstation/.emulationstation/collections/custom-megaman.cfg, but the collections path is detected as C:/Users/mitu/Desktop/es-toolkit-1.2/emulationstation//.emulationstation/collections/. If I replace

std::vector<std::string> CollectionSystemManager::getCollectionsFromConfigFolder()
{
	std::vector<std::string> systems;
	std::string configPath = getCollectionsFolder();

with

std::vector<std::string> CollectionSystemManager::getCollectionsFromConfigFolder()
{
	std::vector<std::string> systems;
	std::string configPath = Utils::FileSystem::getGenericPath(getCollectionsFolder());

then the error disappears and the custom collection is shown.
One thing I tried was to add a custom collection through the interface, but after finishing the collection editing (added one ROM), there was no config file created in the collections subfolder.
@pjft would you mind taking a look ? I tested with the latest master brach and the fix seems identical with your latest commit that was merged.

[PittStone]

Where do i replace it?

[mitu]

@pittstone The replacement is in the source code, but for now could you check that if you start emulationstationwith the -log parameter, you get the same kind of error like me ? The error should be in the .emulationstation/es_log.txt file, same place as the es_settings.cfg file.

[PittStone]

yes its the same error:
lvl2: Found non-collection config file in collections folder: ustom-streetfighter.cfg

[Tomaz]

I did some tests, and I think one of the patches done in the last couple of days should have fixed this.
At least I can't reproduce this bug.

[PittStone]

Its definitly not working for me with the latest build. The Custom Collection shows Only if i make a new collection from theme. After closing Emulationstation for windows and start it again, the collections gone. I need go in Menue, make a new custom collection with the same Name and the Collections with my Games i made earlyer are showing again.
On Closing and Starting next Time its gone again.

[PittStone]

@tomaz Have you used the portable.bat for emulationstation?

[PittStone]

@mitu Have you the Working .exe for me to test it?

[Tomaz]

@pittstone No, I use my own setup.

[moonston333]

hi all is this issue resolved as ive got the same problem with emulationstation windows the custom collections are not there when i shut down and reload

i have to go to setting and add them everytime