Botacera not showing covers/description

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I cannot get the system to show images and descriptions. I have all displayed in GameGear. In GameBoy I only have some descriptions and that is it. I tried playing with PSP as there I only have 6 games. Tried the 3 build in scrapers and it did not do it. I've downloaded 'Skraper' and that did not do it either. However both the build in and downloaded scrapers created their respective folders correctly. The downloaded scraper creates the 'xml' file well as well but every-time I update game list or restart it automatically reverts to basic one with just game names. Now also after a few tries my PSP games are getting replaced by 'LEGO Batman : The Video Game' with the description and image. I now have 3 games called like that but when opened they go to the correct game. Its due to how the file reverts back after restart to a version of itself that has that game in it for some reason duplicating <name> but not <path> for each game. I have also moved the games from individual folders to the main folder as advised in a topic from some months ago. I am on a laptop x64 system ver. 5.21.

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I have just re-downloaded and re-loaded Batocera onto my HDD/Laptop. Now one of the pre-loaded Screpers done the games that were already on the flashed drive. Afterwards I've got some Amstrad CPC games to re-tried and only managed to get 1 game scraped correctly via build in. Downloaded the 'Universal XML Scraper V2' and got few more images but the 'gamelist.xml' still reverts back and does not let the system display descriptions/images from external software. I decided to try another console however after getting some Apple2 games I am now getting 'disk full'.

EDIT0: FYI: I will try to continue to post what I am doing in hope to either get to solution myself or find someone that came across this. Might help other people with similar issues.

EDIT1: Re-booted the laptop. Started pre-loading other games and will re-try again to scrape later on. They will all be done now 'folder-less'.

EDIT2: I've used 'Universal XML Scraper V2' with PSX games. The image folder uploaded correctly however as soon as the game list was refreshed the 'gamelist.xml' reverted back to "blank":
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gameList />

EDIT3: Tried build in scraper for PSX with no results at all. Second time it said it cannot find any games.

EDIT4: I did same as above with SegaCD with same results....

EDIT5: I just run the build in scraper for SegaCD third time(in a row) and it worked like a charm! Will test PSX next.

EDIT6: Did SuperGrafx and PSX. With exception of 4 games in SuperGrafx and 6 games in PSX all worked fine. At this stage I do not understand at all why it did not work before.....

EDIT7: Re-run it for the missing 6 on PSX it found additional 3.... Re-run it again it found another one.... with only 2 left I run it with filter set for 'All games'. Found another one and only 1 left now.

EDIT8: Re-try on 'only missing image' for PSX for that last ROM:
"We Can't find any systems! Check that your paths are correct in the systems configuration file, and your game directory has at least one game with the correct extension."

EDIT9: Re-tried SuperGrafx for the missing 4 on 'only missing image' and got 3:
"3 Games Successfully scraped! 1 Game Skipped."

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Couple days later and some more games added. I've spent a lot of time fighting with some DOS games setup for them to start correctly.... I am still missing a lot of descriptions/images. Build in Scrapers are not downloading anything else(more) and 'Universal XML' while downloading is not getting the description file saved correctly. I might have to do EDIT the file manually, but this will be last resort.

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OK.... So.... If anyone has a problem with build in scraper or UXS please download ARRM. Just google it. The webpage is in French but the program has English option that is easy to select with a flag! Solved all my problems! Just remember to enter correct login on a tab 'Batocera/Screenscraper/TGBD' and 'stop emulation station' if you downloading to a network PC. Works great and allows you to modify details directly in program for example game name without the need of actually opening the "gamelist.xml"! This way once modified you can re-run the scraper and will surely find the description/image.