# Reinstalling RetroArch? \[Solved\]

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/reinstalling-retroarch-solved/885>\
**Category:** Emulators\
**Tags:** retroarch\
**Created:** [July 27, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/reinstalling-retroarch-solved/885 "2018-07-27T03:24:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Izanagii](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/izanagii/32/485_2.png) [@Izanagii](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Izanagii)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/reinstalling-retroarch-solved/885/1 "2018-07-27T03:24:00Z")

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So I was SSH’ing into the Gameshell trying to follow the megathread and now I can’t actually even start RetroArch. It just goes to a black screen, then back to the menu. Is there a way to reinstall RetroArch completely? I’ve got a SCP open for the files but i’m not 100% as to what I need to replace.

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**Author:** ![Izanagii](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/izanagii/32/485_2.png) [@Izanagii](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Izanagii)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/reinstalling-retroarch-solved/885/2 "2018-07-27T03:53:03Z")

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Actually now that I’m looking at it, nothing really loads except for FreeDoom. Cavestory even just goes to a black screen and then exits back to menu.

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**Author:** ![Oldric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/74df32/32.png) [@Oldric](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Oldric)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2018, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/reinstalling-retroarch-solved/885/3 "2018-07-29T09:31:51Z")

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Same issue for me, I’m not alone! 🙂

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**Author:** ![r043v](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/r043v/32/672_2.png) [@r043v](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/r043v)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/reinstalling-retroarch-solved/885/4 "2018-07-30T13:14:26Z")

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in a first time you could try edit & fix or reset the retroarch config file, located at `~/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg`

for delete current one && download the latest official :

`cd ~/.config/retroarch/ && rm -f retroarch.cfg && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clockworkpi/GameShellDocs/master/retroarch.cfg`

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**Author:** ![Gryzor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/gryzor/32/739_2.png) [@Gryzor](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Gryzor)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/reinstalling-retroarch-solved/885/5 "2018-08-04T14:44:54Z")

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Or, just go into the RA config dir and use the retroarch.cfg.blbak which seems to be a copy of the modified cfg it ships with.

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**Author:** ![Izanagii](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/izanagii/32/485_2.png) [@Izanagii](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Izanagii)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/reinstalling-retroarch-solved/885/6 "2018-08-04T23:20:17Z")

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Whoops. I never posted that I fixed this.

I just ended up formatting the memory card and re-flashing the OS to it and start over. Everything is working fantastic now.

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**Author:** ![tunjimesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tunjimesh](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/tunjimesh)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/reinstalling-retroarch-solved/885/7 "2018-08-11T05:12:37Z")

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Good thing you didn’t, 'cos the solution posted by **r043v** helped me out 😀