"Failed to create backups of the ini files for this game"

[capella6707]

Every time I open Vortex a red message box says "Failed to create backups of the ini files for this game". When I click the More button, this text is in the window,

 

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Warning: To avoid data loss, ini tweaks are not going to be applied in this session.

Please fix the problem and restart Vortex.

Reason: EINVAL: invalid argument, stat 'C:\Users\marky\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\Skyrim.ini.baked'

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I've also seen ini.base in this error, too.

 

I have one game, just started for the purpose of learning Vortex. I have several mods deployed and are working fine.

 

Here is what my My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\ folder looks like:

 

 

 

What are the .baked and .base ini files - are those generated by Vortex or is something else creating those? Is the error a known issue (assuming something is actually wrong)? Is there something I can/need to do to fix this?

 

[SkunkMonkey]

Another person solved the issues they were having by moving off OneDrive.

[capella6707]

Another person solved the issues they were having by moving off OneDrive.

 

I tried reverting the My Docs folder to the default location under my Windows User account - Boy, what a mess that turned out to be!

 

Ultimately, I had to just change everything back to having My Docs in OneDrive. The mess may have been my fault, but I'm just going to leave it and put up with the message about backing up the ini files. If that's all it is, it's no big deal.

 

I'm hoping that the Vortex devs (i.e. Tannin) can provide support for save games being in OneDrive eventually.

[Tannin42]

Unfortunately this is not something we can fix inside vortex, it needs support from the electron framework.

However you may have more luck simply disabling the "Files On Demand" feature in OneDrive. That is the feature suupposedly causing the issue and disabling it should just be one click.

I've not yet been able to reproduce the issue though so I can't promise it will actually work. If you try, would be nice if you could let me know how it went.

[capella6707]

Thanks for chiming in, Tannin.

 

I'll give the Files on Demand setting a shot and let you know here what I find out.

 

And by the way, a huge "THANKS!" for all your work! :smile: I'm really excited about Vortex!

 

[uPDATE]

 

Sure enough: I unchecked Files on Demand in OneDrive settings and when I opened Vortex the message about not being able to backup the ini files didn't show. It required having all of my OneDrive-managed files and folders being downloaded to my drive, but I guess that's the price we pay! :wink: