Simsync Unable To Find All Game Paths Apr 2026

DEFAULT_SCAN_ROOTS = [ "C:\\", "D:\\", "E:\\", "F:\\", "/home", "/mnt", "/run/media" ] Pre-populate a manifest file for SimSync to read:

"sync_dirs": [ "E:\\SteamLibrary\\steamapps\\common", "F:\\Emulation\\Roms\\Switch", "C:\\Users\\Me\\Documents\\My Games\\HorizonZeroDawn\\saves", "/mnt/network_drive/roms/ps2" ], "follow_symlinks": true, "max_depth": 5, "require_admin": false simsync unable to find all game paths

Simsync reads libraryfolders.vdf but fails to parse multiple entries due to a JSON-like formatting quirk in older vdf files. Switch from automatic discovery to a hybrid mode

#!/bin/bash find / -type d -name "*.game" -o -name "roms" 2>/dev/null > all_game_paths.txt simsync --manifest all_game_paths.txt Symptoms: Steam installed on C:\ , library on D:\SteamLibrary . Simsync finds only C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common . mklink /J C:\Games\LinkToD D:\RealGames Locate path_scanner

Switch from automatic discovery to a hybrid mode — auto-detect common platforms, then manually append custom paths in the config file. This reduces missed paths to zero. Appendix available upon request: full registry key list, cross-platform path separator handling, and SimSync debug log examples.

mklink /J C:\Games\LinkToD D:\RealGames Locate path_scanner.rs or scanner.py and modify DEFAULT_SCAN_ROOTS :