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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!

sk1lld

Legend

2 years ago

@AOD_CapStar362

All what exactly?!

What do I really need OneDrive for anyways?

Ironhead841

Hero

2 years ago

@sk1lld

I've never found a use for OneDrive, I deleted it a long time ago and have never missed it.

RayD_O1
Hero
2 years ago
@Ironhead841
Never used it either.
ragnarok013
Hero+
2 years ago
@Ironhead841 wrote:

@sk1lld

I've never found a use for OneDrive, I deleted it a long time ago and have never missed it.

@Ironhead841 I run multiple PCs so OneDrive is helpful for me. It also makes reinstalling windows rather pain free as your documents are all present so many of us do like using it for that as well.
Ironhead841
Hero
2 years ago
@ragnarok013
Fair enough, I have one computer that I use exclusively for gaming, I use my laptop, tablet, cell phone and another computer for everything else so I nuked OneDrive on my gaming PC.