No "Battlefield 1" folder in My Documents and game runs as new every time

@eggmancs Hi, If you start Origin and the game as administrator does it create the correct file? Is your Origin installed on your C drive?

Thanks. 

@julianliu0755 Hi, to be clear there are 2 main folders. One is the folder that contains the game, the 47-ish GB of game files. This can be anywhere you like, really, as long as Origin knows that's where its installed. If you've chosen to put it at C:\ that can be perfectly fine. 

The other folder is the settings file, this weighs in at a couple of hundred MB. This should always be in your My Documents on your C drive/install drive. I'm not sure why it would be created to a different location. 

The folder at C:\, what size is it? If you check your My Documents, do you see other games settings folders?

Thanks. 

Same issue here. Have BF1 on separate hard drive for space issues and its not loading anything as others have stated. Really frustrating.
Cant find fix. Running as admin didn't work. Repair didn't work and Origin seems to be in working order. Help is appreciated. 

hiya, i have been having the same problem as you guys, i have done everything under the sun and i still cant get it to work. i have a feeling it may be something wrong with the game its self. like maybe the copy is broke or something. if any of you find something to fix it i would love your help. 

Thanks

@julianliu0755 Hi, manually creating a folder won't help, the game should be creating the folder when you play.

If a folder is absent the game should create a fresh one from a default template when none is found. This would be created at C:\Users\*Username*\Documents.

If you check this documents folder it should have settings files for some of your games, are any of these present?

Thank you for trying the repair, it seems to be ineffective in helping with this issue. 

One thing that might be worth trying is to restart with a Clean Boot and temporarilty disable your anti-virus. This is to check if any 3rd party program or security software is preventing the game from writing to the C drive: https://support.microsoft.com/en-ie/kb/929135

Another step would be to try creating a new Windows profile. You can then play the game, and see if the Battlefield 1 folder gets created.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ie/help/14039/windows-7-fix-corrupted-user-profile

Yo man, are EA going to find a patch for this because its really annoying and a lot of people are having the same issue.

Yeah this is definitely a big bug. Please patch asap!

The game is very frustrating when it constantly re-sets as the original poster put it.
This is my situation if it helps narrow it down;

AMD 6300FX with GTX 950 8GB RAM running WIndows 10 Build 1511 (latest)

Administrator account. All permissions allowed full modify. 

Solid State Drive (is C:/) Origin is installed here. As well as OS and Majority of apps. Game saves are on cloud setting of Origin. 

I checked C/User/XXXX/Documents and there is nothing labeled Origin or Battlefield anywhere. I have other games (From Steam) access this hard drive and write to it no problem. 

Hard Drive (is D:/) Game is installed here. All 47 GB of it.

I have this very similar setup working for my Steam (Steam is on C: but Games are on D🙂 so I know its not a problem on my end. 

Please advise what to do in the meantime or if you need further information

i dont understand what this bug is even doing its stupid. EA should just fix it and bring the patch out or something. i am on the same kinda setup as you and i still get it.