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    Everytime EmulationStation starts it says LOADING SYSTEM CONFIG...

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      hfgx1
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      Need help fixing "Loading System Config" when booting emulationstation/retropie.

      I did a fresh install of latest RetroPie on Raspberry Pi 3B+ because I got a new microSD card. I set it up fine, it worked, I scraped the game systems using Selph's Scraper. It downloaded all the marquees, videos, images etc. into each game systems ROM folder. And I can confirm by using WinSCP that the images/videos are downloaded.

      Then I chose update all packages from RetroPie Setup, which seems to have messed everything up.

      Now whenever I start up RetroPie, EmulationStation reads Loading System Config...

      As seen here.

      Followed by 'Loading Atari 2600' (1/28)

      As seen here.

      This happens every time I boot up, or reboot, RetroPie. Its like a continuous loop. And the scraped systems don't display any images or video.

      What happened? This all occured after I chose update all packages from RetroPie Setup. How do I fix it so Loading System Config... doesn't appear everytime I boot up retropie?

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        mitu Global Moderator @hfgx1
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        @hfgx1 This is not an error, but just a progress indicator for you to know what's Emulationstation doing during startup. If you find that ES stays a long time ago at this stage, then it means you have a lot of ROMs and it takes ES a long time to scan the ROM folders.
        How many ROM do you have ?

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