Need help if possible.

[Koji]

I did what you said, but it didn't ask me if I wished to change the extension, it just went straight to it. Same problem .

It's marked at portable.ini.txt, erase the .txt and if it asks you about changing the extension say yes. If it doesn't ask and automatically renames it, there is something else screwy going on in windows.

[Zangetsu21]

You need to remove the .txt part after .ini, then it will ask if you want to change the extension

[jesalvein]

I didnt get people with such a low level in computer knowledge would even try to fiddle with pcsx2

[Rassane]

rather than bothering with this stubborn portable.ini.txt file, just open notepad, leave it blank, press file, save as, go to the pcsx2 folder and name it portable.ini (while still in the save as window)

[Dante3hs]

I didnt get people with such a low level in computer knowledge would even try to fiddle with pcsx2

They expect it to be as simple as other emulators like VBA for example, where its as simple as download and play. Hell even epsxe needs next to no configuration these days.

[Fayt756]

They expect it to be as simple as other emulators like VBA for example, where its as simple as download and play. Hell even epsxe needs next to no configuration these days.

Yeah I didn't know a thing about the emulator (didn't expect it to be like VBA though haha) when I first dled it but the config isn't that bad if you just read the guides from the team after that its just trial and error

[RaikouPB]

@All of the above, I know, I'm quite useless when it comes to this, it is completely out of what I am used to. The VBA example is completely accurate.

It now works. Thanks a huge amount for your support. I hope to improve my knowledge of the software in the near future! Really appreciative for your time, thanks!

[Koji]

I didnt get people with such a low level in computer knowledge would even try to fiddle with pcsx2

It's simple for people like us who play with these things regularly and especially because we're on the forums helping people with these problems regularly.

That said, there shouldn't be a "technical knowledge" barrier to trying to play PCSX2, and even if an issue seems small to us, it can be a real stumbling block to someone else. We shouldn't have to belittle or make someone pass a basic computer literacy test to give them any help they need.