From 7bb96611bb5d114b3beaa60b5911e56f8020173e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roy <88516395+moraroy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 23:44:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update NSLGameScanner.py

---
 NSLGameScanner.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NSLGameScanner.py b/NSLGameScanner.py
index d8b7236..8e71895 100644
--- a/NSLGameScanner.py
+++ b/NSLGameScanner.py
@@ -218,12 +218,14 @@ if os.path.exists(shortcuts_file):
             try:
                 shortcuts = vdf.binary_loads(file.read())
             except vdf.VDFError as e:
-                print(f"Error reading file: {e}")
-                shortcuts = create_empty_shortcuts()
+                print(f"Error reading file: {e}. The file might be corrupted or unreadable.")
+                print("Exiting the program. Please check the shortcuts.vdf file.")
+                sys.exit(1)
 else:
     print("The shortcuts.vdf file does not exist.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
+
 # Open the config.vdf file
 with open(f"{logged_in_home}/.steam/root/config/config.vdf", 'r') as file:
     config_data = vdf.load(file)