Setup for boot9strap should include Nintendo3DS folder

[staceymosier]

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The prep work section mentions copying [Super-skaterhax] zip files to the root of the microSD card.

It does not mention that there should be a ./Nintendo 3DS folder in the root. It is in the screenshot yes but it doesn't explain to either create an empty folder or have your system create it.

The steps for section 2 in the browser/region settings continued to fail over and over,
but once I realized that my microSD did not have a ./Nintendo 3DS folder in the root, I had my system create one,
and then on the very first try the section 2 steps worked without error.

[lilyuwuu]

If the system is not automatically creating the folder then the system is not reading the SD card (and normally this will present some sort of error). So in that case creating an empty folder will only mask what the actual problem is.

The 3DS automatically creates the Nintendo 3DS folder when you boot it with a readable (FAT32-formatted) SD card inserted -- there's no other condition. So I'm not sure what specifically you mean by 'I had my system create one', since the steps of "reinsert your SD card into your console -> Power on your console" should already do one of the following things:

• Nintendo 3DS/user data already exists and appears as expected
• Nintendo 3DS folder is generated ("Creating home menu management data")
• SD card cannot be read -> "This SD card cannot be read" error of some sort

The only way I can really think of to 'solve' this would be to add inline troubleshooting if the SD card cannot be read (which in this case would be at Section I, Step 5, but could apply to all the guide routes).

[Lunarwolf2453]

i agree with that solution, or maybe a box at the beginning of each path saying to make sure you have nintendo 3ds and how to get it. feels like ‘i have no nintendo 3ds folder’ is a really common issue

[AidenTEM]

in my experience it's only a common issue for MSET9, and there the solution is mentioned in the error. other guides don't access the folder initially until the console is on (if at all), at which point, as lily said, the folder will already exist unless there are other issues.

(and we should not encourage helpees to create a blank version of an automatically-created folder)