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"Display Start Screen" setting does not persist after restart #18972
Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
- This is a bug in RetroArch frontend
- I have searched the existing issues
Description
The "Display Start Screen" setting in RetroArch does not persist after restarting the application. Even when explicitly enabled, it reverts to its default value ("Off") upon restart.
Expected behavior
The "Display Start Screen" setting should remain set to "On" after restarting RetroArch.
Steps to reproduce the bug
- Navigate to: Settings → User Interface → Menu Item Visibility
- Observe that "Display Start Screen" is set to "Off" by default
- Set "Display Start Screen" to "On"
- Main Menu → Restart
- Navigate again to: Settings → User Interface → Menu Item Visibility
- Observe that "Display Start Screen" has reverted to "Off"
Version/Commit
1.22.2
Bisect Results
Present in the nightly version
Yes, this is reproduced in the nightly build
Platform & operating system
GNU/Linux
Affected Cores
No response
Environment information
This issue also affects the stable Flatpak release 1.22.2
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KamiLordus commentedon Apr 24, 2026
I can confirm this on Win 11. Even after saving the setting manually, it's still set to off.
davidhedlund commentedon May 16, 2026
Hey @gouchi, do you happen to know if this broken setting is relatively simple to fix?
gouchi commentedon May 17, 2026
It seems a known issue, according to this comment which is related to this and that as far as I understand.
davidhedlund commentedon May 17, 2026
Thank you for the references.
davidhedlund commentedon Sep 28, 2026
@4RH1T3CT0R7 And thank you (once again) for fixing my submitted critical issues!