[BUG] SRM gets stuck after clicking the search button randomly

[acidfrehley]

Been trying to setup my library on Rog Ally for a couple of days, but facing an annoying issue. I have a large library, but I'm adding the systems one by one, editing all the artwork before saving it to steam.

The issue that I'm facing happens quite randomly. My process so far is to go game by game, fixing a bad match, or just setting a custom artwork.

But after doing this proccess with 15~20 games, when I hit the search button on the next one I get stuck on this screen:

Worst part is as soon as this happens, all the work I did before is almost gone. Because the only way to make SRM work again is by closing it and reopening it. When I do this some of the customizations that were made previously are saved (custom titles, the checkbox for custom artwork). But my artwork choices are vanished and I have do start all over again.

Also, when this bug happens, the bottom menu from the 'add games' section disappear. I'm unable to search or edit any other game until I quit/reopen SRM.

I've been trying to figure out some sort of pattern that trigger this, but little luck so far. The only way I've been able to use SRM is to edit a small batch of games, save them to Steam, then closing and reoping SRM to do another batch. The only thing that I know for sure is that the bug will happen, its just a matter of when.

I'm not familiar with the logs, but just picking from the current situation, the latest entries are:

Error for title Thunder Force IV: Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\userdata\43349310\config\grid\4263522151.png' -> 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\userdata\43349310\config\grid\18311688204350128128.png' Error for title Clue: Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\userdata\43349310\config\grid\4268733448.png' -> 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\userdata\43349310\config\grid\18334070554534871040.png' Error for title Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf: Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\userdata\43349310\config\grid\4283561802.png' -> 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\userdata\43349310\config\grid\18397757850018381824.png' Error for title Venom . Spider-Man - Separation Anxiety (USA, Europe): Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\userdata\43349310\config\grid\4289024131.png' -> 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\userdata\43349310\config\grid\18421218374433374208.png' Error for title The Flintstones: Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\userdata\43349310\config\grid\4294621944.png' -> 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\userdata\43349310\config\grid\18445260798197497856.png' Done adding/removing entries. All available image urls retrieved. All available image urls retrieved. All available image urls retrieved. All available image urls retrieved. All available image urls retrieved. All available image urls retrieved.

Currently on version 2.5.19 ROG Ally with Windows 11

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