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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
    1 year 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!

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sk1lld
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3 years ago
@AOD_CapStar362 wrote:
@sk1lldand where do you think %APPDATA% resides ? 😉

Local Disc C: > User > Name > Appdata

Not in My Documents.

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AOD_CapStar362
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3 years ago
@sk1lld and where is "My Documents"

its no longer called that, the point being made here. the fact that one drive looks at the entire tree of - C:\users\name folder and since %APPDATA% resides on that folder, simply exempt the users folder from One Drive.

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