The new MC Launcher released today is NOT accessing/writing to .minecraft folder like it should but is re-downloading everything and dumping it in the AppData/Roaming folder instead. >_<
C:\Users\UserFolder\AppData\Roaming
wheres it should be accessing/writing to
C:\Users\UserFolder\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
this is a mess... please fix asap..
as a side note I use a NTFS junction point linking .minecraft to a folder on my F storage/gaming HDD drive... this has worked fine through out all the previous version of Minecraft so I do not believe it has anything to do with this issue... though I wanted to mention it anyhow.
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Application Data directory: C:\Users\Melchior\AppData\Roaming/.minecraft
Note the forward-slash instead of a backslash... is this just an typo error or is it effecting the launchers functionality as a part of this bug I am reporting on...??
Does this ticket explain your problem?: MCL-5294
#MCL-5294 only explains so so...
MCL-5385 'Game directory is invalid or inaccessible' when a junction is used or an appdata environment path is used
#MCL-5385 mentions the use of junctions not working....
Mentioned in report 5294, this works as a work around.. but is simple not a good fix... as junctions are supposed to be transparent... and should not be affecting "C:\Users\UserFolder\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft" write location
"--workDir F:\JoeGames_Minecraft\.minecraft"
please reopen my ticket... and find a good fix for this, junctions worked just fine in all previous releases of the Minecraft Launcher...
Comment by Dinnerbone:
https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCL-5294?focusedCommentId=357110&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-357110
Are you saying that, despite the command change for the folder location, it is still putting stuff into the default AppData folder? If so, please give us more information on how you are accomplishing it.
No I'm not saying that...
I'm saying that this command line does works fine as a workaround.... but I should not have to resort to using it...
since a junction should being working just fine... like it did in all previous versions of the Minecraft Launcher...
with this issue only occurring in the MCL v2.0 and newer...
this is the modified shortcut I will be forced to use to keep my Minecraft running like normal..
F:\JoeGames_Minecraft\MinecraftLauncher.exe --workDir F:\JoeGames_Minecraft\.minecraft
This is the junction command line I use to create the junction I use...
junction "%AppData%\.minecraft" F:\JoeGames_Minecraft\.minecraft
please note that the %AppData% variable auto targets the roaming directory by default so its not needed in the cmd line...
Junctions can be downloaded from System Internals website here for testing..
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx
are the devs going to fix this a all?!
or will I be forced to continue with the workaround forever?!
See explanation by devs in MCL-5294
This is the log file containing the references to downloading to AppData/Roaming and not writing/accessing to .minecraft folder....
it should be noted that I found this file in the correct location in .minecraft folder.... strange...