Need help fixing my Setup

Development Getting Started & Setup
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Hey all. Having some trouble getting things set up, and hoping someone can give some advice. I installed my UE5.7 to a flashdrive, due to moving around a lot and wanting to always be able to access my files on multiple PCs, and I have my Projects under another file on the same drive…. But I am running into all sorts of problems with this setup, and I’d like to try to figure out how to straighten them out.

Firstly, moving from one PC to the other, UE5 no longer recognizes any of my Projects when I try to open them. Even if I manage to open it, it thinks the file was created with a different version of UE, and even if I run the conversion program, it does not let me save any changes I make to the project.

The second issue I am seeing is that it will not allow me to create any NEW projects to the flashdrive file. I can create to the C: Drive just fine, but if I try to make the file anyplace else, if just fails with a ‘Failed to process file {Config file}’ error.

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Hmm this might be trickier to solve than first seems.

I would recommend installing the SAME engine version on ALL PCs you are working with. Then attempt to create/save your projects on the drive.

When you are installing the engine, it does more than just copy and run files on your machine, and that’s the issue you are currently running into imo.

So again, I would install the SAME engine on all PCs you are planning to work on and keep your projects on the drive. Furthermore, I would recommend creating a git account (for example) and using a cloud service to keep your projects in sync instead of a flash drive.

You are guaranteed to continue running into all sorts of issues if you are planning on sticking with your current workflow.

Good luck!