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    Retroarch menu broken

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      vermilionwizard
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      Lately when I go into the retroarch menu, it freezes up and doesn't respond to any controller or keyboard inputs. I can only use Alt-F4 to close the emulator at that point and return to emulationstation. This happens with every core I try.

      Is there a way to completely delete/reset retroarch's settings and configuration, without uninstalling everything and reinstalling it? I tried removing the core package for it and reinstalling it, but that didn't seem to change anything. I also tried deleting opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg. As expected, retroarch recreated the cfg file but the menu was still broken.

      Any thoughts/suggestions?

      Pi Model or other hardware: x86 PC
      RetroPie Version Used: 4.8.3
      Built From: Ubuntu 22.04, all packages up to date as of this morning.
      USB Devices connected: wireless keyboard dongle
      Controller used: SN30pro+
      Error messages received: None, and I couldn't find a log file that seemed relevant.

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        BuZz administrators @vermilionwizard
        last edited by BuZz

        @vermilionwizard if you remove the retroarch configs you need to reinstall retroarch and a libretro nes emulator. Please remove

        /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg and
        /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg

        Then reinstall both retroarch and the libretro NES emulator you are using. The configs should then be recreated with the default settings.

        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          vermilionwizard @BuZz
          last edited by

          @BuZz OK thanks, that got me back to the defaults.

          After doing that the menu still wasn't responding so I deleted the emulationstation input configurations. Now it seems to be working better.

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