Cache MUST be moved out of Documents

I feel your pain. I wonder why DICE went against Microsofts recommendation and put a cache folder in My Documents?

Would love to be able to reinstall OneDrive again.

For this purpose folder linking programs or the Mlink command in the CMD Windows console are used (a more ergonomic solution is to use the program).

I use program call: Link Shell Extension

https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/linkshellextension.html

How to link the cache folder with Link Shell Extension?

1. Move the folder called "cache" to a location of your choice (for example to the HDD disc or second partition).

2. Right-click on the moved cache folder and select "Pick Link Source" from the context menu.

3. Go back to the folder from which you cut the cache file, right-click in the empty field and select "Drop *" and then "Junction" from the context menu

(Details in the attached screenshot link.jpeg)

4. Enjoy the moved folder.

This Linking operation allows you to tell Windows or programs that a given folder is in a different location.

I transferred the BF2042 game cache file using this method and everything works fine.

so try to move the cache to AppData\Local\  in this way, maybe it will help.

If I helped, give me xp.

Warning:

Be careful what you link, because if you link a system file, such as for example the hibernation file, it may damage the system.

I'd rather not mess with files in this way, it would be nice if EA/DICE fixed this instead. Especially since 23H2 has the system back up feature for OneDrive now.

Why not? I don't use OneDrive because I don't need it and I value the privacy of my data, I also don't care where DICE puts the caches, although I would prefer they put the caches/shaders in the game folder and not somewhere outside. Since I have an SSD I move any cache/shaders to the HDD (even Nvidia's shaders & DX cache) so that the SSD uses as few storage cells as possible (I've been doing this for about 5 years now and haven't had a problem). In my opinion, a system restore is better than a backup (especially the one in the OneDrive cloud), even if the system crashes to such an extent that the restore points are corrupted, what's the problem to boot Mini Windows 10 with DLC BOOT from the DVD and move all important files to another partition and format the system partition and reinstall the OS? Formatting the system partition and a fresh install from an iso image downloaded from the MS website is better than a backup, a backup doesn't often mess up the system registry and other bugs, but everyone has their own preferences. I even have BF2042 installed on my HDD. Windows update I also disable, I prefer to go to the Microsoft website, read if a patch is good or harmful and download it from the MS Catalogi and install manually offline - Such my private opinion not related to the topic of the post.

The truth is that for important data (photos/documents etc.) you should use a HDD disc, because if the SSD gets physically damaged (overvoltage or something else) the likelihood of recovering the data is slim, while with a HDD the first-best service will recover everything easily and for a small fee.

For the restores to work correctly, antiviruses/firewalls should be installed on the non-system partition (i.e. not on the C partition), otherwise an error will appear during the restore and, as you know, only the C (system) partition is used for system restore.

It sounds like you use Windows 10 so don't understand that OneDrive now can also migrate your files to a new computer something Windows restore can't do. I'm a Windows 11 user and would like everything to work with it out of the box, I don't think that's too much to ask for.

@sk1lld 

Windows 10 also has OneDrive and the cloud, also you can download files from the cloud after logging into your Microsoft account (I saw something like this at a colleague's house a few years ago, he didn't have a desktop on his drive at all, he had everything in the cloud). System restore is not for migrating private files or restoring them, it is only for undoing unwanted changes caused by an installer or faulty driver. Often it is a rescue from a certain reinstallation of the system.

Yes I am currently using Windows 10 because I don't like the Windows 11 context menu and other certain things, as I don't use Windows just for gaming or browsing the internet. As a result of having an I7 8700K I don't currently need to switch to W11.
Additionally, W11 consumes more CPU resources (like all newer windows), so I don't see the point of switching at the moment. When I buy a new computer, I'll switch to W11, I don't need to at the moment, I would only lose performance in 3D applications. The lack of an option to disable folder grouping in the taskbar is also mega annoying, of course there are programs for this like ExplorerPatcher, but this no longer works as well as in Windows 10.

I was able to work around this by 1. disabling one drive (or exclude the bf2042 folder from the allowed one drive folders). 2. using mklink to create a junction that points to a cache dir on the proper drive. It's complete nonsense that the cache is in the documents folder. This hint is in the folder name.

@ComicCadaver 

It is possible that Mlink does not make sense in this case. Someone wanted to have a cache in AppData then I wrote how it could be done. I use Mlinka to move BF2042 caches / shaders of other games or browser caches to the HDD to delay cycle wear and SSD write cells for longer life. I don't use OneDrive and its cloud because I value privacy and don't like my files to be on an external MS server, also I don't know how this program works 🙂 For me One Drvie is redundant.

Too bad it didn't help you.

GL

Having issues with it since this week as well, I have turned off syncing to that folder many many times, usually a new patch seems to undo what I did or might just be windows being an *

But atm I can't even turn off the syncing anymore, Windows says because it's in documents it's important so can't turn it off anymore

Big fail for this to be in documents tbh needs to move somewhere more logical