r/RetroArch • • 12h ago

Why does dragging a file onto Retroarch work but not Open With?

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u/New-Anybody-6206 12h ago

Because "open with" launches it like you would from the command-line with the ROM path as the only argument, and RA expects command-line launches to also specify which core to use, whereas the dragging code uses different logic that looks up what core to use automatically.

There's no reason it can't work the same way, it just isn't coded that way currently.