Unable to save and want to redirect files

[the_shadow_traveler]

i am using the DOS version of ZSNES and I have my roms on a cd and when I save the game it works until I leave and go to open it back up. When I go to open it, it's not there. I think it is because they are on a cd so I want to some how Re-direcrect the save to a floppy disk or just to my computer. Can some one help me out ?

Thanks alot

Matt

[Agozer]

Open Zsnes.cfg in Notepad, edit the line SaveDirectory = and point it to a directory in your HDD.

If there is no save directory specified, ZSNES *tries* to store the savestates and SRAM in the same folder as the rom images; in this case, on the CD.

[Magus`]

Change the save path in the config file.

What he said.

[the_shadow_traveler]

DontSave = 0

; Savefile directory. Leave it blank if you want the save files to be in the
; same directory as the games. It should be in a format like : C:\dir\dir

SaveDirectory =

; Game directory. This is the directory where the GUI starts at.
; ZSNES automatically writes the current directory here upon exit.

GameDirectory = C:\Documents and Settings\Larka\Desktop\zsns1r36

Anything wrong here ?

[Agozer]

Yes, you have not defined a directory where you want ZSNES to save.

Please read my initial post a couple of times.

[the_shadow_traveler]

DontSave = 0

; Savefile directory. Leave it blank if you want the save files to be in the
; same directory as the games. It should be in a format like : C:\dir\dir

SaveDirectory = C:\Documents and Settings\Larka\Desktop\Saved Games

; Game directory. This is the directory where the GUI starts at.
; ZSNES automatically writes the current directory here upon exit.

GameDirectory = C:

[Agozer]

DontSave = 0

; Savefile directory. Leave it blank if you want the save files to be in the
; same directory as the games. It should be in a format like : C:\dir\dir

SaveDirectory = C:\Documents and Settings\Larka\Desktop\Saved Games

; Game directory. This is the directory where the GUI starts at.
; ZSNES automatically writes the current directory here upon exit.

GameDirectory = C:

Better, although you might want to edit the GameDirectory = so that it points to your rom images...although this isn't necessary.

[the_shadow_traveler]

when i saved the game it still dosent go to the folder ??...i don't even know if it is saving it anywhere

DontSave = 0 <-------- do i have to change this ?

[Agozer]

when i saved the game it still dosent go to the folder ??...i don't even know if it is saving it anywhere

DontSave = 0 <-------- do i have to change this ?

Don't change that.

Make sure the directory isn't read-only.

[the_shadow_traveler]

what do you meen by read only ? where i am saving the games is in a emphty folder on my desktop..does this folder need to be in a special place ?

[Agozer]

what do you meen by read only ? where i am saving the games is in a emphty folder on my desktop..does this folder need to be in a special place ?

Right-click on the folder and choose Preferences. Make sure that the Read-Only checkbox is not checked.

[the_shadow_traveler]

every time i click read only to un-check it, i apply it and then hit ok but, then when i go back into it read only is checked again

[the_shadow_traveler]

do i apply the change to the folder only or also the files in the folder ?

[Ichinisan]

Apply to all files and subdirectories.

A folder containing your save folder is probably set to read-only. Start at the upper-most level and check all folders from the path.

C:\
C:\Documents and Settings\
C:\Documents and Settings\Larka\
C:\Documents and Settings\Larka\Desktop\
C:\Documents and Settings\Larka\Desktop\Saved Games\

I'm not sure, but I think you should put a backslash after the game path.

You might also want to make sure that there are no typos, and that the directory already exists. ZSNES will not create the folder that you specified, so it must already exist.

You have spaces in your path. Try surrounding it in quotes:
"C:\Documents and Settings\Larka\Desktop\Saved Games\"

[Nach]

A saner directory might help.
Make c:\zsnes and save there.

[Kagerato]

every time i click read only to un-check it, i apply it and then hit ok but, then when i go back into it read only is checked again

That's because the read-only flag on folders is primarily ignored by Windows (including Explorer and probably other Microsoft programs).

This article explains it well:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;326549

Whether a folder has read-only enabled or not should have no effect on whether the contents of the folder can be changed. In fact, programs can easily change the contents of read-only file as well if they are so programmed (it's simply bad practice).

Follow the recommendations about enclosing the path in quotes. If that fails, change the path to a shorter, 8.3 compatible format. That includes killing all spaces.