From b66b2f71afc020a4ada0017a1de91d0379a1402f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Joshua=20Vanda=C3=ABle?= <joshua@vandaele.software>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:42:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] GameConfigEdit: Fix unused-result warning

---
 Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/GameConfigEdit.cpp | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/GameConfigEdit.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/GameConfigEdit.cpp
index 8c93f84263..3c49fcae05 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/GameConfigEdit.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/Config/GameConfigEdit.cpp
@@ -257,7 +257,13 @@ void GameConfigEdit::OpenExternalEditor()
     if (m_read_only)
       return;
 
-    file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+    if (!file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly))
+    {
+      ModalMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Error"),
+                               tr("Failed to create the configuration file:\n%1").arg(m_path));
+      return;
+    }
+
     file.close();
   }