Windows 10 help

[BrokePilot]

Hi. I've recently switched my OS from Mac OSX to Windows 10. I've gotten used to most of it, but I still don't know a lot. The main thing I'm struggling with atm is with is folder access. I recently got a 500g ssd for my laptop, and transferred my OS from the 250g stock ssd to the 500g ssd. After that, I downloaded most of my games to the 500g ssd but to leave some headroom, I installed one game (apex legends) on the 250g ssd. However, when I went to play a game on my 500gb ssd(Titanfall 2), none of my games and settings would save. Every time I quit the game I had to restart from the beginning, and the settings wouldn't save. However, I found out about windows secure folder access and followed the procedure to enable it, and add titanfall 2 as one of the apps that can control the folder, and managed to play the game fine.

However, I decided to disable it because I didn't want to manually enable it for every game that I have and will play in the future. However, now my game settings in apex legends won't save, and my chatting app can't download the files to my laptop which means they're both having trouble accessing the folder. I have tried giving the folder access to everyone following this guide, and re-enabling secure folder access, but no dice. Game settings won't save and chatting app still can't download.

 

How so I fix this issue? And do you have any tips for a person that is new to windows as I'm really struggling to get used to all of it's quirks. Thanks in advance.

[Kilrah]

How did you transfer the OS to the new drive? 

What did you do with the old drive?

 

A clean install would probably have been wiser

[Master Disaster]

Yeah, games will normally use an unprotected folder for settings storage (usually Documents or Games in your library) exactly to prevent this kind of behaviour. I think you have another issue here.

[BrokePilot]

On 7/10/2020 at 5:09 PM, Kilrah said:

How did you transfer the OS to the new drive? 

What did you do with the old drive?

 

A clean install would probably have been wiser

I used macrium reflect to move the drives. I've now reset the settings. I've moved my OS back to the 250g drive, I've formatted the 500g drive, and reset windows using settings - reset this pc - reset while keeping files. I've reinstalled Apex legends and it saved the settings I've had from before, but when I try to put new settings in, it still doesn't save. I have no clue what's going on. Thanks for your reply.

 

On 7/10/2020 at 5:20 PM, Master Disaster said:

Yeah, games will normally use an unprotected folder for settings storage (usually Documents or Games in your library) exactly to prevent this kind of behaviour. I think you have another issue here.

What could be the issue? As I've said before I've essentially reset everything but it has the same issue. Thanks for the reply btw.

[GoodBytes]

30 minutes ago, BrokePilot said:

I used macrium reflect to move the drives. I've now reset the settings. I've moved my OS back to the 250g drive, I've formatted the 500g drive, and reset windows using settings - reset this pc - reset while keeping files. I've reinstalled Apex legends and it saved the settings I've had from before, but when I try to put new settings in, it still doesn't save. I have no clue what's going on. Thanks for your reply.

So hang on, are you on an Apple system? Are you dual booting? Or this a new PC?

[BrokePilot]

2 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

So hang on, are you on an Apple system? Are you dual booting? Or this a new PC?

I'm on a windows laptop. Samsung 7 force. The settings not changing isn't THAT big of a deal, just a minor change on the controls. But the reason why I'm digging so hard is because I want to know what's specifically causing it.

[GoodBytes]

59 minutes ago, BrokePilot said:

I'm on a windows laptop. Samsung 7 force. The settings not changing isn't THAT big of a deal, just a minor change on the controls. But the reason why I'm digging so hard is because I want to know what's specifically causing it.

I am trying to understand what screwed up.

When you used Macrium Reflect, did you use image or cloning?

 

Image, is the most time consuming process, but saves time when you are deploying on multiple systems

Cloning, does a clone between 2 or more drives, every bits it has, including bits from deleted data. It has no error correction. 

 

A LOT of people on the web are using the term "cloning" for "imaging" incorrectly. They say "clone" but click on "imaging" on whatever program they use. Or the program says "clone", but really does an image and deploys it.

 

If you wanted to avoid re-downloading your games, why not just install Windows clean. Do it's updated, install your drivers, and your programs. And then just transfer via Copy and paste, your games from the old to the new drive. Or if you want both drives, point Steam, Epic Store, etc. game directory to the second HDD where the games are. When you run, say Steam, and hit "install" on the game you want to play, it will check the file integrity of the already aquired files, perform updates, if any, install anything missing files, and re-register the game as an installed one, skipping the whole game from being re-downloaded.