According to reports, this issue often arises when the antivirus program of Windows interferes with Starfield, or when you lack the necessary permissions to save the game’s progress in the Windows Local Configurations folder. Now, let’s have a look at some of the best solutions that worked for several affected users.
1. Allow the game exe file in the controlled folder access
Controlled folder access is used to monitor the apps that can make changes to the protected system files. However, this feature also prevents Starfield from saving the game files into the local folder of Windows. So, in this article, we will start by allowing the Starfield.exe from the controlled folder access. To do so, follow the steps:
2. Close OneDrive/Google Drive with other background applications
If you have OneDrive or Google Drive running in the background, you should try closing them, as they may prevent Starfield from saving game files. Additionally, we recommend closing unnecessary applications along with Google Drive or OneDrive to ensure idle background applications are not causing the issue.
3. Verify the game files
The corruption in the game files can also lead to this issue. So, if you have not tried verifying the game files yet, doing so will restore the corrupted files from the game files. To do so, follow the steps:
4. Create a new user account
Since this error is caused by a lack of permissions on the account, we can try creating a new user account with administrator privileges to fix this issue. The administrator account will have all the permissions that Starfield requires to run properly. Therefore, try creating an administrator account to fix this issue. Follow the steps to create a new account: Unfortunately, if nothing works for you, either wait for the next patch or update or try reinstalling the game. While waiting, it is recommended to reinstall the game, which will fix this issue if it is causing due to the game files.
