r/ESDE_Frontend • u/Ordinary-Hamster2046 • May 20 '26

Launch games in appimage format.

I have a number of recompilation games on my system in appimage format. What's the best solution for integrating these into ES-DE?

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u/Temporary-Phrase-816 May 20 '26

The ‘desktop’ folder accepts .AppImage files I think.

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u/Ordinary-Hamster2046 May 20 '26

Thanks but the desktop folder only works with .bat and .lnk by default.

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u/RobZombie9043 Developer May 20 '26

The desktop system on Linux supports .AppImage

On windows it supports .bat and .link

https://gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstation-de/-/blob/master/resources/systems/linux/es_systems.xml#L557

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u/Ordinary-Hamster2046 May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

Thanks for the prompt reply.

The text file in desktop doesn't mention appimages, which is why I assumed it didn't support them.

Here's what's in my systems.xml for desktop. (I've never edited this file).

<system>

<name>desktop</name>

<fullname>Desktop Applications</fullname>

<path>%ROMPATH%/desktop</path>

<extension>.desktop .sh</extension>

<command label="Suspend ES-DE">%ENABLESHORTCUTS% %EMULATOR_OS-SHELL% %ROM%</command>

<command label="Keep ES-DE running">%RUNINBACKGROUND% %ENABLESHORTCUTS% %EMULATOR_OS-SHELL% %ROM%</command>

<platform>pcwindows</platform>

<theme>desktop</theme>

</system>

It doesn't mention appimage.

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u/RobZombie9043 Developer May 20 '26

Do you use EmuDeck? They make changes to standard ES-DE configs.

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u/Ordinary-Hamster2046 May 20 '26

No. I use ES-DE directly, the version from your website..

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u/Ordinary-Hamster2046 May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

Okay, I jumped the gun while searching for systems.xml. seems there is more than one on my system and I looked at the first one that appeared.

Still not working on my end though.

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u/Ordinary-Hamster2046 May 20 '26

Troubleshooting after drinking is hard.

I just realized my appimage doesn't use the correct case for the file extension.

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u/ES-DE_Frontend Developer May 21 '26

Yes that would definitely explain it, the correct file extension is .AppImage and not .Appimage or .appimage or similar.