Can't save settings with "save on exit" OFF

RetroArch Windows devices
#1

Hello everyone, I’m new retroarch user and just getting used to it, first I had some problems with settings that would not save and remain - the culprit was actually “per core configuration” set to ON while I was also using “save on exit” option ON. Well I turned OFF per core config becasue doesnt really need that - I like to have every core set with same settings, besides some inputs and that is okay.

Anyway now when I want to also turn OFF “save on exit” option and manually save settings, the retroarch says “failed to save settings” - why is that? That option is useless to me, I rather have my locked settings set to my liking and just save them once manually AND if something goes wrong anytime I could just load settings and revert to my own options - without accidentialy auto-overwriting anyting.

Could this option be saved and work as it should? I’m using the latest stable 1.3.2 release for win_x64

#2

I’ve noticed this too, it would be nice if it could be fixed.

#3

Works fine for me in linux. Did you put RetroArch in your Program Files directory, by chance? If so, it’s not always able to create new files, as that’s not a user-writeable directory. Try moving it somewhere in your user tree.

#4

I have whole RetroArch on D:\ partition and no issues in writing settings while this “save on exit” option is turned ON, setting it to OFF doesn’t allow me to save settings.

EDIT: Should I report this somewhere as a RetroArch bug to get fixed in new stable build?