Empty folder on dekstop after i start the game.

[Arunas]

Hello so i have some problems with my windows 7 home premium 64bit system. Whenever i start a game, it generates an empty folder on my desktop immediately. For example i start skyrim and it immediately generates an empty folder named "skyrim" on my dekstop with no files in it (there is no hidden files in it aswell). Any one have idea how to fix that?

 

[himnextdoor]

Perhaps there is a setting in Skyrim where you can change the default location of its temporary folder?

 

[Arunas]

This happens not just with skyrim. This happens with all the games i start. For example assassina creed, guild wars 2, terraria, minecraft... And i dont think it is temp folder, because it has no files in it.

 

[himnextdoor]

This is a new one on me.

Tell me, do you have your Folder Options set to 'Show hidden folders and files'?

And is the Skyrim folder shown as a 'hidden' folder in Properties?

 

[Arunas]

No. "Show hidden folder and files" option is turned off... Here are some images:

1. Clean desktop :

2. Starting steam:

3. Desktop after starting Team Fortress 2:

Same thing happens with all the games not just with games from steam. I dont like to delete folders from desktop whenever i finish gaming. Anyone has an idea what couses this problem?

 

[Arunas]

Still need a solution for this.

 

[Apanzee]

Did you update Steam recently? I've heard of this once before.

Try doing a fresh install of the Steam client, and then check the directory paths in your Steam settings. Also, make sure you don't set the install location to your desktop during setup.

To prevent you having to re-download everything after..
1) Be sure to enable 'show hidden files and folders'
2) Move your whole SteamApps folder somewhere
3) Uninstall steam
4) Delete any remaining steam files from your desktop
5) Reinstall steam
6) Move the SteamApps folder to the new Steam folder

 

[himnextdoor]

Still need a solution for this.

Sorry, I have no experience of Steam, other than that which emanates from my kettle, and I am unable to deduce the problem after trying to Google 'steam settings'.

So I am happy to see that Apanzee may be able to help.

Let us know how you get on as I like learning something new.

 

[Arunas]

Guys, the problem is not with steam. Ok next example:

1. Clear dekstop:

2. Launching skyrim:

3. Desktop imediately after i launched game:

Well idk if this may help, but i keep all my games in D disk, which is HDD and my C disk is SSD.

 

[Apanzee]

Pretty sure you need Steam to play Skyrim, don't you?

Anyway. If you're sure it's not Steam, then one other thing it could be is a registry error.

Try running a registry scan with CCleaner or your registry cleaner of choice.

 

[Arunas]

I have a pirated version of Skyrim so it needs no steam 😀 And btw i just cleaned regisry with ccleaner and it didnt help me, still have same problem. Thank you for helping me btw

 

[Apanzee]

Do you own a disc copy of Skyrim?

 

[Arunas]

No i dont have a disk copy. Btw this problem occurs not just with these certain games. It happens with all the games that is, was and will be created! Becouse this problem is not with the games, this problem lies somewhere else

 

[himnextdoor]

Can I just ask you:

If you don't delete the folder that appears on the desktop and restart your machine, does the folder stay on the desktop?

If you know someone who also uses Steam, perhaps you could get them to do a search of their system to see if they have the same folders stored in a different location.

One or two things I might do is, go to 'Folder Options' in Control Panel and check the 'Show hidden file' option.

I would also un-check the 'Hide system files' option.

Then I would open the rogue folder, start the game and see if any files appear in that folder during game-play.

I would also do a search in the registry for the folder name. There may be a key that sets the default path of that folder.

It could be that because the game is running from another drive, Windows finds it necessary to create that extra folder.

Also, I would advise you to disable the page swap functionality. This will increase the life-span of your SSD.

Some badly coded software won't run with virtual memory disabled so you should bear this in mind if you come across an app that won't work.

Defrag is redundant for SSD's too so don't try to boost performance using that.

 

[Apanzee]

Perhaps the issue is because the game is pirated and the thief in question who uploaded the game has modded it in some way.

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