Help installing duckstation

Excuse me, please let me know. I chose duckstation to play PSx. Naturally, it hasn't been installed yet, so when you start the game, the message (The emulator 'duckstation' is not installed.) is displayed and you have to install it. Once the installation is complete, the game will start and you can play it, but when you close the game, return to emulationstation, and select the game again, the message (The emulator 'duckstation' is not installed.) appears again. You will be asked to install it. How do you determine whether an app is installed?

Hello,
You do not have ton install emulators yourself, Retrobat installs them for you automatically when you run a game.

The install mechanism does 2 things:
1) check that "duckstation-qt-x64-ReleaseLTCG.exe" is available in retrobat\emulators\duckstation folder
2) check if the version number of the exe in the folder has a lower version number than the one on the retrobat server

If 1 or 2 gives positive result, then Retrobat will prompt :
1) to install
2) an option to update

Thank you very much.
I am still getting the install guide no matter how many times I try, and after the install I can play the game, and then when I start the game again after it is finished, I get the install guide.

I just installed retrobat 5.3 downloaded from the web on another computer with windows 8.1 to check,
It repeats exactly the same symptoms.
When I play the game after installation and start it up again, the installation guide appears.

Hello
Can you add some screen of your duck station folder ?

https://i.servimg.com/u/f63/20/52/38/98/aeeu10.png

Thank you very much.
Is there anything else you need?

Yep, few things again to help us understand the matter
Can you
- make a right click on the duckstation .exe file, goes to properties to see version number and post a screen here
- check which update channel you are on Retrobat

https://i.servimg.com/u/f63/20/52/38/98/aeeu11.png

Sorry, I don't know how to see the update channel.
Where can I find it?

You can find by hitting the start key, and go to "updates and download"

I've taken the exact image.
Can you tell by this?

Do you have malwarebytes running by any chance ? Or another program that might prevent Retrobat from accessing to the Web ?

Thank you for your response.
We only use Microsoft Defender for our security system.
We have no security software installed on the two PCs we are testing, windows 10 and 8.1

We do not use adguard either.

Does Retrobat propose you to download the emulator or not ? I did not understand this.

Yes, they suggest installation every time.
If I do the install each time, duckstation will start and I can play the game, but if I quit, the next time I play, it will ask me to install again!

Where are you located geographically ?

And have you try also other standalone emulators, to see if the problems occurs ?

tartifless
Sorry, I am not familiar with English, so I don't understand what you mean.
Do you mean where you live? Japan.

GETUPOR.
Yes, dolphin,cemu,citra,ryujinx,PPSSPP,pcsx2
All worked after one install...played for the second or third time with no problems!