If Citra says "Keys not detected" even after placing the file, double-check that you placed it in the (accessed via File > Open Citra Folder) and not the folder where the Citra application .exe is located. These are often two different places.
By default, Citra does not ship with these keys due to legal and copyright protections by Nintendo. Without them, you will see errors such as: "Your ROM is encrypted." "Failed to load encrypted header." Failure to install .cia files. How to Fix the "Missing AES Keys" Error citra aes keystxt download fix
file in the emulator's system data directory. This file allows Citra to decrypt and run encrypted 3DS ROMs 1. Locate the Correct Directory The location of the If Citra says "Keys not detected" even after
Users put the keystxt inside the same folder as the ROMs. This does not work. Without them, you will see errors such as:
: Open a text editor (like Notepad or TextEdit).
Having a specific error code? Drop the exact text from your Citra log in a comment below (on the original forum where this article is posted), and the community will help you solve it.
: Ensure the file is named aes_keys.txt and not aes_keys.txt.txt (this happens if you have "Hide extensions for known file types" enabled in Windows).
