Help with a program?

Magusx · Post by **Magusx** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 1:33 am

Hey, how come when I load DOS programs on my pc they dont stay loaded? They just quit right after i load it. I'm trying to get "smcren.exe" to load up and work. (it's a rom utililty)

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 1:48 am

Are you using windows xp? Win Xp doesn't like Dos programs out of the box.

Magusx · Post by **Magusx** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 1:59 am

I got it fixed by going to options. I checked somethin' so it don't close. Now the program doesn't work. So it doesn't matter.

Magusx · Post by **Magusx** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:01 am

One thing i can't figure out is why does goodwindows always get an error when i load it up sometimes and for some odd reason it doesn't do it's job correctly on some options. It'll like "stick" if i do a renamebad or somethin' like that,s o yea...they need to fix that retarded bug.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:04 am

One thing i can't figure out is why does goodwindows always get an error when i load it up sometimes and for some odd reason it doesn't do it's job correctly on some options. It'll like "stick" if i do a renamebad or somethin' like that,s o yea...they need to fix that retarded bug.

Goodinfo.cfg

#change to OldFormat=y for GoodWindows compatibility
OldFormat=y

Magusx · Post by **Magusx** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:16 am

You know where to get a snes rom renamer?

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:19 am

Magusx wrote:You know where to get a snes rom renamer?

Yes.

http://www.allgoodthings.us/mambo/
http://nsrt.edgeemu.com/forum/portal.php

Magusx · Post by **Magusx** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:55 am

Clements wrote:
Magusx wrote:You know where to get a snes rom renamer?
Yes.

http://www.allgoodthings.us/mambo/
http://nsrt.edgeemu.com/forum/portal.php

Can't find the program. What's it called?

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:08 am

Magusx wrote:
Clements wrote:
Magusx wrote:You know where to get a snes rom renamer?
Yes.

http://www.allgoodthings.us/mambo/
http://nsrt.edgeemu.com/forum/portal.php
Can't find the program. What's it called?

You want NSRT. It's a command-line app. Stick it in the same folder with your ROMS and run

nsrt -rename -savetype jma -lowext

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:09 am

GoodSNES and NSRT are what they are called. I rename with GoodSNES and edit them with NSRT. You can also rename with NSRT.

Magusx · Post by **Magusx** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:09 am

Noxious Ninja wrote:
Magusx wrote:
Clements wrote:
Magusx wrote:You know where to get a snes rom renamer?
Yes.

http://www.allgoodthings.us/mambo/
http://nsrt.edgeemu.com/forum/portal.php
Can't find the program. What's it called?
You want NSRT. It's a command-line app. Stick it in the same folder with your ROMS and run

nsrt -rename -savetype jma -lowext

Yea, i got it. It keeps closing out on me. Won't stay open.

Magusx · Post by **Magusx** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:11 am

Also, I can't figure out how to change my directory in DOS prompt to a diffrent hard drive. It's pissin me off.

Magusx · Post by **Magusx** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:20 am

I got it to work by copying the file from system32 to the other hard drive but that command you gave me dont do shit.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:20 am

Learn to use command prompt. Google search some tutorials, eg.

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1723

The easiest way is to stick NSRT in the same folder as the roms, create a shortcut to NSRT and in the shortcut properties add the command options after the target eg.

"C:\RAWMS\nsrt.exe" -rename -savetype jma -lowext

Magusx · Post by **Magusx** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:37 am

Clements wrote:Learn to use command prompt. Google search some tutorials, eg.

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1723

The easiest way is to stick NSRT in the same folder as the roms, create a shortcut to NSRT and in the shortcut properties add the command options after the target eg.

"C:\RAWMS\nsrt.exe" -rename -savetype jma -lowext

Exactly what I just did. I copied the nsrt.exe file to my game directory. I then created a shortcut and put the shortcut in the game directory. Now, I right clicked it, went to properties, and added -rename -savetype jma -lowext after
"C:\Zsnes 1.42\SNESRen\nsrt.exe". Like this.... (Target)

"C:\Zsnes 1.42\SNESRen\nsrt.exe" -rename -savetype jma -lowext

I go to open the shortcut and all it does is close back up on me. It won't stay loaded!

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:39 am

Magusx wrote:
Clements wrote:Learn to use command prompt. Google search some tutorials, eg.

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1723

The easiest way is to stick NSRT in the same folder as the roms, create a shortcut to NSRT and in the shortcut properties add the command options after the target eg.

"C:\RAWMS\nsrt.exe" -rename -savetype jma -lowext
Exactly what I just did. I copied the nsrt.exe file to my game directory. I then created a shortcut and put the shortcut in the game directory. Now, I right clicked it, went to properties, and added -rename -savetype jma -lowext after
"C:\Zsnes 1.42\SNESRen\nsrt.exe". Like this.... (Target)

"C:\Zsnes 1.42\SNESRen\nsrt.exe" -rename -savetype jma -lowext

I go to open the shortcut and all it does is close back up on me. It won't stay loaded!

You should add an * at the end of it.

Magusx · Post by **Magusx** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:41 am

IceFox wrote:
Magusx wrote:
Clements wrote:Learn to use command prompt. Google search some tutorials, eg.

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1723

The easiest way is to stick NSRT in the same folder as the roms, create a shortcut to NSRT and in the shortcut properties add the command options after the target eg.

"C:\RAWMS\nsrt.exe" -rename -savetype jma -lowext
Exactly what I just did. I copied the nsrt.exe file to my game directory. I then created a shortcut and put the shortcut in the game directory. Now, I right clicked it, went to properties, and added -rename -savetype jma -lowext after
"C:\Zsnes 1.42\SNESRen\nsrt.exe". Like this.... (Target)

"C:\Zsnes 1.42\SNESRen\nsrt.exe" -rename -savetype jma -lowext

I go to open the shortcut and all it does is close back up on me. It won't stay loaded!
You should add an * at the end of it.

Doesn't work either.

Magusx · Post by **Magusx** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:43 am

Well, I figured it out. Now it's loaded. There has to a space for the *.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:43 am

How about:

"C:\RAWMS\nsrt.exe" -rename -savetype jma -lowext *.*

Edit: Nevermind.

Magusx · Post by **Magusx** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:46 am

Clements wrote:How about:

"C:\RAWMS\nsrt.exe" -rename -savetype jma -lowext *.*

Edit: Nevermind.

2 questions.

Why the hell would i want my extensions .jma and another thing...How do i rename my roms to their ORIGINAL names their REAL rom names.

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:55 am

Magusx wrote:Why the hell would i want my extensions .jma and another thing

JMA is the best compression format for SNES ROMs - better than ZIP and 7-ZIP. If you don't want JMA, use '-savetype uncompressed' or '-savetype zip' instead.

Magusx · Post by **Magusx** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 5:01 am

Ah i see, but is there a way to rename all the roms to their original game name with this prog?

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 5:09 am

Magusx wrote:Ah i see, but is there a way to rename all the roms to their original game name with this prog?

I'm not sure what you mean. NSRT renames ROMs when you use the -rename command, as you did.

If you're asking if you can undo the rename, that's not possible.

Magusx · Post by **Magusx** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 5:35 am

IceFox wrote:
Magusx wrote:Ah i see, but is there a way to rename all the roms to their original game name with this prog?
I'm not sure what you mean. NSRT renames ROMs when you use the -rename command, as you did.

If you're asking if you can undo the rename, that's not possible.

No, that's not what I mean (thanks for the information you provided though) Anyways, what I mean is I want to be able to get a program which can rename all the SNES roms I have to their ORIGINAL file names. Like if I had a rom named 123.smc I wanna be able to rename that to the original file name.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 5:37 am

What do you mean by original file name?