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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!

Inkw1zitor

2 years ago

Onedrive does not allow deselecting the Battlefield 2042 Cache folder. It will throw the following error:

"Can't stop syncing folder. The folder you tried to unselect is in the Windows Documents folder, which is an important folder in Windows and is currently pointed to OneDrive."

Speedie1000

2 years ago

Try my solution at #104, to the letter... it will work.

sk1lld
Legend
2 years ago
I see Microsoft is getting aggressive with Onedrive now. I wonder if it's enough motivation for EA to finally move the cache folder now?
shagz7
2 years ago
Confirmed worked following the steps outlined EXACTLY and was able to set all folders to sync save for the BF 2042 cache folder. OneDrive Version 23.221.1024.0002