Other emulators (like Project64 and DeSmuME) allow you to launch a game directly if you associate the game's file extension to the program EXE.
In layman's terms, I mean this (using DeSmuME as an example):
1) Double click on Game.NDS
2) Windows asks what program to open it with
3) You select "DeSmuME"
4) The game then starts up right away.
5) Now whenever you double-click a .NDS file, it'll load automatically.
This however doesn't work in Dolphin at all - it doesn't even load Dolphin properly! (most programs that this doesn't work with will at least open the program). This was tested with Dolphin r7590.
In layman's terms, I mean this (using DeSmuME as an example):
1) Double click on Game.NDS
2) Windows asks what program to open it with
3) You select "DeSmuME"
4) The game then starts up right away.
5) Now whenever you double-click a .NDS file, it'll load automatically.
This however doesn't work in Dolphin at all - it doesn't even load Dolphin properly! (most programs that this doesn't work with will at least open the program). This was tested with Dolphin r7590.
Dolphin 5.0 CPU benchmark
CPU: Xeon E3-1246 v3 (4c/8t Haswell/Intel 4th gen) — core & cache @ 3.9GHz via multicore enhancement
GPU: Intel integrated HD Graphics P4600
RAM: 4x8GB Corsair Vengence @ DDR3-1600
OS: Linux Mint 20.3 Xfce + [VM] Win7 SP1 x64
CPU: Xeon E3-1246 v3 (4c/8t Haswell/Intel 4th gen) — core & cache @ 3.9GHz via multicore enhancement
GPU: Intel integrated HD Graphics P4600
RAM: 4x8GB Corsair Vengence @ DDR3-1600
OS: Linux Mint 20.3 Xfce + [VM] Win7 SP1 x64