HomeLaunchBox for WindowsLaunchBox for WindowsGuides for setting up, organizing, customizing, and troubleshooting your LaunchBox for Windows library.By launchbox and 2 others•120 articlesGetting Started👋Welcome to LaunchBox: What It Is and How It Works🚀Your First 15 Minutes: Install LaunchBox and Play Your First Game🖥️A Beginner's Tour of the LaunchBox Desktop⚙️Emulation Basics: ROMs, Emulators, Cores, BIOS, and Firmware🎮Automated ROM Imports📥Single Platform Imports🛍️Managing Storefront Games in LaunchBox🗂️Multi-Platform Imports📥Drag and Drop Imports🗂️Organizing Your Library: Platforms, Categories, Playlists, Favorites, and Filters🖼️Metadata and Media Basics✏️Editing Game Details and Fixing Incorrect Matches🎮Understanding Controller Setup: LaunchBox, Big Box, and Emulators💾Backing Up and Restoring Your LaunchBox Setup📁Managing Game Files, Folders, and Paths📥Choosing the Right Way to Import Your Games🕹️Setting Up an Emulator Manually🧩BIOS, Firmware, Cores, and Dependency Files🔎Finding Games: Search, Filters, Views, and Badges♻️Removing and Re-importing Games Safely🗂️Platforms, Platform Categories, and Scrape As Explained📋Playlists: Manual, Auto-Populated, and Filter-Based🧭Import Troubleshooting: Missing Games, Duplicates, and Wrong Platforms🎨Customizing LaunchBox Desktop: Themes, Layouts, Game Details, and Image Types👾MAME and Arcade Sets: Full-Set Basics for Beginners🧹Bulk Editing and Auditing a Large LaunchBox Library🔄Updating Emulators and RetroArch Cores Without Breaking LaunchBox💿Multi-Disc Games and M3U Playlists⌨️Importing and Managing MS-DOS Games with DOSBox🪟Adding Standalone Windows Games, Executables, and Shortcuts🗜️Compressed ROMs and Disc Images: ZIP, 7Z, CUE/BIN, CHD, RVZ, and Extraction🔀Using Multiple Emulators for One Platform: Defaults, Launch With, and Per-Game Overrides🧭Importing and Managing ScummVM Games🌐Using LaunchBox with NAS, Network Drives, Cloud Sync, and Multiple PCsFeatures🗳️3D Box Models🧹Using the Media Cleanup Utility🎨Media Packs💾Managing Save Games and States📈Game Progress Tracking🔍Advanced Search🏆RetroAchievements in LaunchBox🧭Additional AppsVideo Playback Guide🖼️Big Box Screensaver & Attract Mode🎵Music in LaunchBox and Big BoxBig Box Navigation Sounds📖LaunchBox ReaderAdvanced FeaturesLaunchBox Built-in Command Line VariablesRegion PriorityThemingLaunchBox Theming14 articlesBig Box Theming12 articles📹Startup Themes⏸️Pause ThemesContent CreatorsCreating Badge Media Packs in LaunchBox and Big BoxCreating Platform Icons Media Packs for LaunchBox and Big BoxCreating Controller Input Media Packs for Big BoxCreating Platform Clear Logo Media Packs for LaunchBox and Big BoxPlugin Integrations🔌Plugins OverviewEmulator Plugins11 articlesFAQs🗳️Moving Your LaunchBox Instance to a New PC🧰Installing, Updating, and Managing LaunchBox🔌Troubleshooting LaunchBox & Big Box Performance📹Understanding Video Playback for LaunchBox & Big Box in 13.21 and Beyond 🧹Reducing Your LaunchBox Build SizeLaunchBox Licensing FAQ🎨Big Box Themes and Where They ApplyVLC Removal and FFmpeg Transition in LaunchBox 13.24LaunchBox Beta Versions🐬RetroAchievements Support for Nintendo WiiTroubleshooting⚠️Could not find file - LaunchBox\Images\[Platform]\[Image Name]⚠️Could Not Load File or Assembly 'CefSharp.Core.Runtime.dll'🐞How to Fix “SQLite Error 11: database disk image is malformed” error⚠️Troubleshooting: UCEERR_RENDERTHREADFAILURE Error😪"Out of Memory" error after resuming from hibernation in LaunchBox or Big Box?🔒Plugin Access Denied Error🎮Double Inputs When Navigating Big Box with a ControllerColumn ‘Platform’ Does Not Belong to Table File ErrorMy Game Wont Play in LaunchBox — Step by Step Troubleshooting (and How It All Works)Troubleshooting: "Year, Month, and Day parameters describe an un-representable DateTime" Error"Could not install MAME because the archive could not be extracted" ErrorTroubleshooting: "Another Instance is Already Running" ErrorSteam Game Stuck as “Installing” in LaunchBox🏆Troubleshooting RetroAchievements Badges in LaunchBox13.27 Save Management Migration Guide🔒Why Does My Antivirus Flag LaunchBox?Latest LaunchBox Versions Supported on Older Windows Versions
