Reference ID
b0a9708f-4eaa-87f0-7da7-068e539e5aa2
Please select what you are reporting on:
Unreal Editor for Fortnite
What Type of Bug are you experiencing?
Revision Control
Summary
There are errors in Unreal Revision control due to being on Windows 11 and using the default One drive.
Steps to Reproduce
New Windows 11 system install
Install UEFN from Launcher using “Run as Administrator” to get as workaround to Windows 11 security.
This means that all project install on OneDrive NOT in C:\user\owner\documents, because Win 11 always points to OneDrive.
Hence the error “Insufficient Permission to save content”
You are using Windows 11, presumably, which projects on OneDrive.
Due to enhanced security only certain applications can write to OneDrive
There is a problem with Unreal Revision Control cannot use OneDrive for projects.
Epic is looking into this.
The work around is to use create in Windows Explorer use the path
C:\User\Owner\source\Projects\ as the root path .
The other working place is to use C:\User\Owner\Downloads as this does not by default go to OneDrive.
C:\User\Owner\Documents goes to OneDrive using a hidden link to My Documents on OneDrive in Windows 11
Expected Result
Should work without permission errors
Observed Result
I just reinstalled UEFN and moved the project folder to Downloads so UEFN wouldn’t see it. Then, I downloaded the project from the latest revision control save point and moved the project folder from Downloads to the new Projects folder that UEFN created in the Documents folder.
Essentially, I overwrote the downloaded folder so the new and updated files load in UEFN instead of the revision control ones. The errors are now gone!
Platform(s)
windows 11
Additional Notes
Windows 11 will only allow certified Microsoft programs, like VS2022,but wont allow VS Code, used in Verse to write to OneDrive.
This means UEFN and we independent developers community have to find ways round these multi million dollar companies problem!! 