i use definite paths and it works with mine... my ini... // default path szAppRomPaths[1] f:\emus\Kawa-X 0.11\roms\ // cps1 menu path szAppRomPaths[2] f:\emus\fbaxb4.1\roms\ // cps2 menu path szAppRomPaths[3] f:\emus\fbaxb4.1\roms\ // Neo geo menu path szAppRomPaths[4] f:\emus\Kawa-X SE\roms\ // Other menu path szAppRomPaths[5] f:\emus\Kawa-X Plus\roms\ as you can see my neogeo roms are all scattered, it's a mess cuz i have regular roms in one dir and the different banned sets in others... my only complaint with xxx is it doesnt read all the dirs for everything, instead it reads the first dir if you have independent dirs off... and only 2-5, but not the first 1, and only one for each menu if you have it on