Problem with "User data folder"

beorn · 07-18-2008, 07:10 AM

No matter what I do, the game when launched tells me that the "user data folder cannot be found" and shuts down. Please reinstall OOTP Baseball 8."

The trouble is that uninstalling and reinstalling leaves me with the same message.

History
I was moving both OOTP 8 and 9 along with all my leagues to a new computer. I set up a custom user data folder fine, following the directions, in OOTP9, but the same procedure led to this error message in OOTP8.

Already tried
Complete uninstall and reinstall
Manually deleting everything except the license
Running Registry Fix

Nutlaw · 07-18-2008, 05:31 PM

Did you delete your OOTP folder in the Application folder when uninstalling? If not, try deleting that now.

beorn · 07-31-2008, 05:53 PM

Yes, I have done that, and tried it every which way. Must have done a dozen re-installs by now.

Guess I'll just have to live with a OOTP2007 install, with data folder clogging up my C drive, until all my leagues have moved to OOTP 9 (which seems to allow the data folder to move to the D drive).

It's a real mystery, though -- a total uninstall, with every shred removed from the main installation and the data folder, yet a reinstall will not allow me into the game.

Jeff in Toronto · 09-12-2008, 10:08 AM

I'm having the exact same problem now...I switched users (the windows cfg. file got messed up, so I had to create a new admn account), and now I cannot get OOTP 8 to start for the life of me. Was there any other resolution to this?

Jeff

beorn · 09-12-2008, 03:40 PM

I was never able to fix this. It is a mystery to me.

07-18-2008, 07:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
beorn All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: near Rochester, NY Posts: 953 Thanks: 18 Thanked 39x in 26 posts	Problem with "User data folder" No matter what I do, the game when launched tells me that the "user data folder cannot be found" and shuts down. Please reinstall OOTP Baseball 8." The trouble is that uninstalling and reinstalling leaves me with the same message. History I was moving both OOTP 8 and 9 along with all my leagues to a new computer. I set up a custom user data folder fine, following the directions, in OOTP9, but the same procedure led to this error message in OOTP8. Already tried Complete uninstall and reinstall Manually deleting everything except the license Running Registry Fix __________________ Commish of Dog Days Baseball Commish, GM PCBL Toronto Dogs GM NUEBL Texas Rangers GM MLBD Detroit Tigers GM CBU 2.0 Vermont Greens GM Asahi2 Chicago Cubs

07-18-2008, 05:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,529 Thanks: 79 Thanked 102x in 62 posts	Did you delete your OOTP folder in the Application folder when uninstalling? If not, try deleting that now. __________________ BJHL: GM of the Manhattan Crime Occasional Contributor to The Cardinal Nation

07-31-2008, 05:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
beorn All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: near Rochester, NY Posts: 953 Thanks: 18 Thanked 39x in 26 posts	Yes, I have done that, and tried it every which way. Must have done a dozen re-installs by now. Guess I'll just have to live with a OOTP2007 install, with data folder clogging up my C drive, until all my leagues have moved to OOTP 9 (which seems to allow the data folder to move to the D drive). It's a real mystery, though -- a total uninstall, with every shred removed from the main installation and the data folder, yet a reinstall will not allow me into the game. __________________ Commish of Dog Days Baseball Commish, GM PCBL Toronto Dogs GM NUEBL Texas Rangers GM MLBD Detroit Tigers GM CBU 2.0 Vermont Greens GM Asahi2 Chicago Cubs

09-12-2008, 10:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jeff in Toronto Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Same problem..... I'm having the exact same problem now...I switched users (the windows cfg. file got messed up, so I had to create a new admn account), and now I cannot get OOTP 8 to start for the life of me. Was there any other resolution to this? Jeff

09-12-2008, 03:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
beorn All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: near Rochester, NY Posts: 953 Thanks: 18 Thanked 39x in 26 posts	I was never able to fix this. It is a mystery to me. __________________ Commish of Dog Days Baseball Commish, GM PCBL Toronto Dogs GM NUEBL Texas Rangers GM MLBD Detroit Tigers GM CBU 2.0 Vermont Greens GM Asahi2 Chicago Cubs

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