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    How do you install sub folders?

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      Teleboas
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      Hi guys, and thanks in advance. I'm pretty new to Retropie, and I can't figure out how to set up sub folders.

      For instance, if I just put megadrive roms in the base megadrive folder, all roms load fine. If I try to make an extra folder though (For instance, megadrive/Y-Z-#), I see the folder "Y-Z-#" inside of retropie and I also see the ROMS inside of the folder, but none of the ROMs will actually launch.

      Sorry in advance if this is something that is asked often and I just missed it.

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        edmaul69 @Teleboas
        last edited by edmaul69

        edit: i obviously went plum dum retarded an forgot how to read....

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          meleu @Teleboas
          last edited by meleu

          @Teleboas The problem seems to be the # character. It has a special meaning for some RetroPie tools (I'm talking about runcommand.sh in this case). Are you having problems with some other subfolders?

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            BuZz administrators @meleu
            last edited by BuZz

            @meleu the # issue was a retroarch bug. Unrelated to runcommand. (It was reportedly fixed recently).

            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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              Teleboas @meleu
              last edited by

              @meleu This was my first subfolder that I tried. I can try to make another one and see if it works.

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                Teleboas @meleu
                last edited by

                @meleu You were right. I made a subfolder without the # in the name and it worked fine. I figured it would be something simple like that.

                Thanks again!

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                • meleuM
                  meleu @Teleboas
                  last edited by

                  @Teleboas please, mark this topic as "solved".

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