Trying to remove RESET GAME shortcut

[kurnis]

So I have retropie installed on my pi, without the main raspbian interface. It loads straight to emulationstation.

I'm trying to access the .cfg that has the shortcuts for my gamepad for the snes to remove the shortcut for "reset game" because my kid keeps hitting it by accident and resetting the game which, obviously, sucks.

I have tried the file manager in retropie but when I put in sudo nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/Microsoft X-box 360 pad.cfg
the file comes up blank.

I have tried accessing the file multiple other ways but I don't have an actual linux machine to do this on, and ubuntu on windows 10 was kinda useless.

why isn't there a way to actually CHANGE your shortcuts in retropie itself?

But more importantly, how can I make this change?

I normally try to fix things myself with a lot of time and google but this one defeated me. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[dankcushions]

@kurnis

please fill out https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first when seeking support.

you're on the right track - you need to edit the file. this is the way to change the hotkey combos.

I have tried the file manager in retropie but when I put in sudo nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/Microsoft X-box 360 pad.cfg
the file comes up blank.

wrong path. it will be within /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig

what is returned if you input the following into the command line?
ls -l /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig

i am guessing your path is

/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig/Microsoft\ X-box\ 360\ pad.cfg

note you need slashes for files with spaces in them, or you can surround the whole path with quotes)

also, you shouldn't use for sudo for this kind of thing. no need.