as for trying it at a different point in the game, i am unfortunately stuck on this screen, and i only have one state file saved, which is this one (i know, not too smart on my part). i tried pokemon white and similar issues with the touch screen occurred. at this point, the touch screen settings are back on the default configurations that were in place when i first installed desmume, and the touch screen does not respond at all. after that, i changed the coordinates for the primary button, tried adding in the secondary click with coordinates that lined up with the destination on the touch screen (so the primary button were the coordinates of where i would have to start the drag on the screen, and the secondary button was the coordinates of the destination of where the drag would end up). after that, it set the coordinates for an area on the touch screen that was the 'ok' button which would have let me proceed, and nothing happened. when i tried manipulating it by opening the desmume preferences, then tried changing the Touch setting inputs from default to user defined coordinates.
Zeromus - no, i cannot get the touch screen to respond at all.