Once you are at the desktop, right click somewhere on the background and choose, “create empty file” and name it, sktop.
The desktop should load.Īlso Note: You will need a keyboard and mouse to navigate the desktop! Once installed, hit alt F4 on the keyboard to exit retropie and type “startx” at the command prompt. It takes a while, but once installed and after restarting Emulationstation, it will be in the Ports menu on RetroPie. You can easily install the Pixel Desktop from the RetroPie setup menu (Configuration / Tools > Raspbiantools > Install Pixel Desktop Environment). How to create a emulationstation desktop shortcut to get to back to RetroPie from the Pixel Desktop, without going to the command line! Note: This Only works on a Retropie image and not if you manually install Retropie on your existing Raspbian image.
