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MogZero
4 years ago
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Cache being saved to documents, which gets synced by Onedrive

Battlefield seems to save settings and cache files to userfolder\Documents\Battlefield 2042, which is contrary to all Microsoft Guidelines. These should instead be stored in userfolder\AppData. This...
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  • sk1lld's avatar
    sk1lld
    2 years ago

    @RayD_01 spotted that the cache folder has been moved to the \BattfieldGameData.kin %appdata% folder out of MyDocuments folder. Guys let me know if you can use OneDrive again!

G0R1LL4's avatar
G0R1LL4
4 years ago
@MogZero you can de-activate synching a particular folder in OneDrive. Right click on the icon in your task bar then Settings > Account > Choose Folders.

I still fully agree this should be stored in AppData but in meantime, this will solve network & cpu usage in background as well as not take up any precious space in cloud storage
  • FRYYYYYY's avatar
    FRYYYYYY
    4 years ago
    @G0R1LL4 But this deletes the offline folder and the online version will stay.
    • G0R1LL4's avatar
      G0R1LL4
      4 years ago
      @FRYYYYYY No, just create a copy in desktop. Then delete online folder and the one in documents. then copy back the copy you had in desktop. It should already be "disabled" by default if not, you can unselect it in settings again before it uploads to the cloud
      • Kevorkian666's avatar
        Kevorkian666
        3 years ago

        Desktop is another folder inside the personal onedrive that is defaulted to sync, or is it not? So this would create yet another instance of the cache folder to be uploaded...

        Anyway, i'll try this workaround by copying it temporarily to elsewhere, since it's not acceptable to have more than 1GB of cache data synced.

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