Hello,
I’m creating a game in Unreal Engine 5 but I’m having an issue with the default save location. The problem is that my name is Bahadır, and I set my PC user name to my own name. It seems like Unreal Engine can’t read the “ı” letter since it’s not English. This causes issues when I try to compile any C++ project or run C++ code, as it tries to navigate to the directory “C:\Users\Bahadır\Desktop” and can’t find the files. At first, I thought of changing my name in the Users folder, but I felt like it could cause lots of problems. So, I moved my projects to a folder in “C:\UnrealProjects”. I was then able to create C++ projects and compile them, but this time when I try to open my projects from the folder where I saved them, it says “failed to launch editor”. However, I can open them by launching the engine first and manually browsing the files. I think the files that I moved manually can’t locate my Unreal Engine or something. Is there a way that I can make them locate the Unreal Engine (at least without installing Windows or Unreal again)?
I haven’t tried this myself, but you can create a symbolic link by using the mklink command in the Command Prompt. For example: mklink /D "C:\Users\Bahadır\Desktop\MyProject" "C:\UnrealProjects\MyProject" This will create a symbolic link from the “C:\Users\Bahadır\Desktop\MyProject” to “C:\UnrealProjects\MyProject” so that Unreal Engine can find the project. Please note that this option requires administrator permission. You can also try to use a tool like “subst” to create a virtual drive for your project.
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Thanks for answer. I’ll update this post if i face any errors according to this issue.
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