Error: PCGS1: Cannot create save game directory

unglued · 02-02-2012, 10:29 AM

Hi! Each time it starts an error PCGS1: Cannot create save game directory. At the same time folder is created normally.
I tried all the solutions that have been suggested.

Does anyone have any idea what this is?

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7, 64-bit
Processor String: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2635QM CPU @ 2.00GHz
System RAM: 2047 MB

chalkman · 02-02-2012, 03:23 PM

Verify cache maybe? Run as admin? just a guess shot..

unglued · 02-02-2012, 04:27 PM

Verifed, all admin, all exe files and steam too

chalkman · 02-03-2012, 07:35 AM

The folder in question, is the attributes set to read only?

unglued · 02-03-2012, 12:16 PM

Yes. But even when I removed the read-only, it is still not working

Brando47 · 02-03-2012, 04:39 PM

Hey I had the exact same issue yesterday, I found it was because I had screwed with my default Documents folder and it couldn't create the save directory there. I'd shifted it to a different partition and removed the original from C:\, not realising programs still wanted to use the original one anyway... Either that or the my WD external HDD screwed with the registry settings of the default location of Documents, as it was set to E:\Documents when I fixed it, not the first time a WD drive has messed in my registry

Anyhow, to fix it, I completely restored Documents to default settings in the registry on C:\. Worked a charm:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...-location.html

I used the second option to fix mine. Step 26 is kind of the "check" I think, so if you did that before you started it would see if its the problem. Just type "shell:Personal" in the search bar upon opening the start menu and see if it opens Documents.

unglued · 02-04-2012, 06:05 AM

Didn't work (

kn00tcn · 02-15-2012, 02:57 PM

you could try using processmonitor to find out where it gets stuck, maybe it's trying to create a different folder or a subfolder & failing there

unglued · 02-15-2012, 10:25 PM

processmonitor - where is it placed?

chalkman · 02-16-2012, 07:45 AM

Hit Alt-ctrl-del and view the task manager there to see if any processes are "not responding" I think is what he is saying.

guernica · 08-13-2012, 01:43 PM

So I had this problem and it turns out that when I installed the game I had my WD external HD connected to my computer and apparently some of the files installed there or something. When I reconnected my external HD everything started working perfectly fine again.

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unglued Join Date: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 5	Error: PCGS1: Cannot create save game directory Hi! Each time it starts an error PCGS1: Cannot create save game directory. At the same time folder is created normally. I tried all the solutions that have been suggested. Does anyone have any idea what this is? Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7, 64-bit Processor String: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2635QM CPU @ 2.00GHz System RAM: 2047 MB

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02-02-2012, 03:23 PM	#2
chalkman Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 87 Posts: 916	Verify cache maybe? Run as admin? just a guess shot..

02-02-2012, 04:27 PM	#3
unglued Join Date: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 5	Verifed, all admin, all exe files and steam too

02-03-2012, 07:35 AM	#4
chalkman Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 87 Posts: 916	The folder in question, is the attributes set to read only?

02-03-2012, 12:16 PM	#5
unglued Join Date: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 5	Yes. But even when I removed the read-only, it is still not working

02-03-2012, 04:39 PM	#6
Brando47 Join Date: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 1	Hey I had the exact same issue yesterday, I found it was because I had screwed with my default Documents folder and it couldn't create the save directory there. I'd shifted it to a different partition and removed the original from C:\, not realising programs still wanted to use the original one anyway... Either that or the my WD external HDD screwed with the registry settings of the default location of Documents, as it was set to E:\Documents when I fixed it, not the first time a WD drive has messed in my registry Anyhow, to fix it, I completely restored Documents to default settings in the registry on C:\. Worked a charm: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...-location.html I used the second option to fix mine. Step 26 is kind of the "check" I think, so if you did that before you started it would see if its the problem. Just type "shell:Personal" in the search bar upon opening the start menu and see if it opens Documents.

02-04-2012, 06:05 AM	#7
unglued Join Date: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 5	Didn't work (

02-15-2012, 02:57 PM	#8
kn00tcn Join Date: Jan 2006 Reputation: 22 Posts: 1,001	you could try using processmonitor to find out where it gets stuck, maybe it's trying to create a different folder or a subfolder & failing there

02-15-2012, 10:25 PM	#9
unglued Join Date: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 5	processmonitor - where is it placed?

02-16-2012, 07:45 AM	#10
chalkman Join Date: Dec 2009 Reputation: 87 Posts: 916	Hit Alt-ctrl-del and view the task manager there to see if any processes are "not responding" I think is what he is saying.

08-13-2012, 01:43 PM	#11
guernica Join Date: Jul 2012 Reputation: 0 Posts: 1	So I had this problem and it turns out that when I installed the game I had my WD external HD connected to my computer and apparently some of the files installed there or something. When I reconnected my external HD everything started working perfectly fine again.