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  1. Minecraft (Bedrock codebase)
  2. MCPE-122060

Game launch crashes when using windows symbolic link for minecraftWorlds

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    • Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • None
    • 1.17.10, 1.16.220, 1.16.210, 1.17.0, 1.17.34, 1.18.2 Hotfix
    • Confirmed
    • Windows
    • 684198

      Game launch crashes when using windows symbolic link for minecraftWorlds

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      Steps to Reproduce:

      1. Backup your minecraftWorlds before!
      2. Delete minecraftWorlds
        • rmdir /q /s "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\games\com.mojang\minecraftWorlds"
          
      1. Delete TEST folder if exists
        • rmdir /q /s "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\TEST\minecraftWorlds"
          
      1. Create TEST folder
        • mkdir "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\TEST\minecraftWorlds"
          
      1. Create symlink
        • mklink /J "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\games\com.mojang\minecraftWorlds" "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe\TEST\minecraftWorlds"
          
      1. Start Minecraft App
      2. Create a new world

      Observed Results:
      Error,
      "There was a problem loading this world"

      Expected Results:
      No error, world should be created and placed in TEST folder

       

      There seems to have been a change in behaviour since version 1.17.34, before with symlink Minecraft app crashed on start, now it starts and crashes on world create.

            RASMiranda Rui Miranda
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