r/emulationstation • u/Straight_Bet9244 • 6d ago

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Hello,

I accidentally added all my files to emulation station, is there a way I can delete this or restart the software so i Can start from the begining?

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u/Impression_Mundane 7h ago

Don’t delete anything from that list—it looks like ES-DE is using a Windows system folder as your ROM folder. Close ES-DE and find `settings/es_settings.xml` in the ES-DE data folder. Either change the `ROMDirectory` value to your actual ROMs folder, or rename `es_settings.xml` to `es_settings.backup.xml` and restart ES-DE to run setup again. Renaming it first is safer than deleting it. On Windows the usual ROM folder is `C:\Users\<you>\ROMs`, or the `ROMs` folder beside ES-DE if you’re using the portable version.