RA Download Blues

I've been using LB for about seven years now and I enjoy setting it up that much that I start from scratch probably a couple of times a year. I decided to do this yet again starting yesterday but fast forward to tonight and I've been hitting wall after wall and starting again and again for two days now. I dunno if I'm just too tired from dealing with the missus' horses morning and night every day and therefore forgetting simple things or what but my main issue is that I can't get RetroArch to download through Launchbox. I know I can just download it manually but the LB version usually works so smoothly. I also hooked it up to the Steam version of RA which would be even better so it logs my hours played every time I play something retro but the first system I tried was Atari 2600 and the fire button (A) was also speeding up the game. I installed the super pause menu plugin but that was taking over my controller buttons and... guys... I'm just mentally drained now. Please give me hugs and whisper positive advice into my ear.