Broke my RetroPie – Any Help?

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I am new to everything about this so I’m taking it slow and making improvements. I had everything working properly and was going to attempt to hide some emulators that I don’t use (Apple, PCx86, Cave Story, Doom, etc.). I found my “es_systems.cfg” and had read that you can “comment out” emulators by adding a “#” in front of them. Using CyberDuck, I tried to add a “#” just to see what would happen since I had no idea where to type it. I reboot my pi, and nothing shows up. I look back at “es_systems.cfg” and now it’s completely blank. Is there anything I can do? Thanks!

[gizmo98]

You can install a new es_system.cfg

cd RetroPie-Setup
sudo git pull
sudo retropie_setup.sh
select Source-Based-Installation
select (C) Generate config file for Emulation Station
install 

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Great, I’ll get on it, thanks! I’m assuming this will wipe everything I’ve done so far and start fresh?

[gizmo98]

Only select (C) Generate config file for Emulation Station. Nothing will be wiped because your es_system.cfg is already blank.

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Ok, good news. So now the question remains as to how I hide certain emulators?

[gizmo98]

There are three possibilities:
1. open es_system.cfg and uncomment (#) every unnecessary emulator.
2. open es_system.cfg and delete every unnecessary emulator.
3. open /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/*unnecessary emulator* and delete every file. Emulators only show up if at least one file exists.

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I’m at my pi now, unable to get to command line. All I see is a white dot in the middle of the screen, nothing responds.

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Or is there anyway I can download a new es_systems.cfg and place it in its right spot using CyberDuck?

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