[Wintermute0110]

thanks for this although i tried it and roms still show with their abbreviated zip names

So just to be sure i have everything setup right.

Clear my roms list from mame.

Under Rom scanner i have

Metadata scan policy: NFO Files
Assett scan policy: Local Images
Ignore scraped titles: unchecked
Clean no intro: unchecked

then under rom scrpaing i have

Metadata scraping: Offline scrpaer

this still only shows rom file names

what have i done wrong

All settings OK except:

Metadata scan policy: "NFO Files + Scrapers" OR "Scrapers only"

"Scrapers only" is self explanatory. "NFO Files + Scrapers" will load first the ROM NFO file if it exists. If it does not exists then it will use the scraper selected on "Metadata scraping".