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I dont have RetroFE set up anymore but i think the problem is you are trying to shortcut to a shortcut in the retrofe root. What i did when i ran it from desktop/taskbar was make a shortcut to the retrofe.exe in the core folder then edited the properties for 'start in' to the RetroFE root.

IE: Target = C:\RetroFE\core\retrofe.exe
     Start in= C:\RetroFE

The reason for 'start in' for the retrofe root is that all the relative paths work from this, if you started from the core folder then the relative paths would be pointing to the wrong directories

I could not get yaba sanshiro to launch full screen through retrofe even with a -f command. Kronos is a branch of yabause and it launches fine using the same arguments, just go into the settings and hide the menubar

executable = emulators\kronos\kronos.exe
arguments = -a -i "%ITEM_FILEPATH%"

here's a list of commands

        "-a",  "--autostart", NULL,       "Automatically start emulation."                                             
        "-b",  "--bios=", "<BIOS>",       "Choose a bios file."                             
        "-c",  "--cdrom=", "<CDROM>",     "Choose the cdrom device.",                         
        "-f",  "--fullscreen",      "Start the emulator in fullscreen."                                           
        "-i",  "--iso=", "<ISO>",         "Choose a dump file."                               
        "-nb", "--no-bios"        "Use the emulated bios"                           
        "-ns", "--no-sound"       "Turns sound off." 

Worry is tad too much, mistrust something that a 3rd person made that you dont know, have the details or file contents of then yeah. I deleted the file when you last replied and use a shortcut as well as one on my taskbar, no problems launching the FE from either nor launching emus from it despite something about mounting drives..

While I'm on, I have an old core 2 duo PC I was thinking of sticking in a Cab, I have the option of Win7 but linux could be a go if it offers better  efficiency. What Linux distro could you recommend to run RetroFE?

Thanks again

Thanks, I got the info from another, its a file made by someone called Fnord. Whats in it I have no idea so I deleted it anyway and just use a shortcut with it staring in the RetroFE root

There's a RetroFE.exe in root that shows this when opened in hexedit
C:\Users\Eric\Documents\CFW_Launcher_VS2015_RunTime_NoWait_TrayRefresh\Forgotten_Worlds\Release\Forgotten_Worlds.pdb

Do you know what this file does apart from replacing the shortcut?

The instructions i gave was for the front end, the controls for the game are set up in the emulators.
Some of those settings you will see in the controls.conf are to do with the likes of the xbox360/one controller and will have no relevance to you if you dont have your encoder wired up as such, hence why i recommended making a new controls.conf set up to how you wanted. You could choose your next playlist or whatever based on your buttons and not someone elses

joyAxis5+ and joyAxis2+ are for the shoulder triggers on an xbox controller, the + being because they are analog( i assume)

Well first of all I dont use that theme so dont know if anything else loads along with it, if I make a shortcut to the Desktop for RetroFE.exe in the core folder I also have to open the shortcut properties up and change the 'start in' path to the root RetroFE folder otherwise all the relative paths in the configs are out and my wont load. Maybe you need to do something similar for your set up

Have you tried using a keyboard encoder and then mapping controls to keyboard buttons. There was a project a few years ago called kade that gave the option of flashing an arduino with firmware compatible with consoles, hid joystick or mame compatible keyboard. As you are using this as a project then something like could be part of the learning process