After a lot of reports were made by affected players, we have decided to take a deeper look into this problem to see what causes it. Here’s a shortlist of all the possible causes for this issue: Now that you are aware of all the possible causes, here’s a list of all the methods that players have used in order to fix the Ground Branch Save Failed error:
1. Verify the integrity of the game’s files
The first thing players recommend you do is to do a verification of the Ground Branch files’ integrity. This process might be helpful because this error might be caused by some corrupted files that your computer has, which affect the game in different ways including this one. By verifying the integrity of the game’s files, all the files of the game will be verified and in case some files are found to be corrupted and missing, they will be replaced or restored. This process is very easy to do and can be simply done from the Steam application. In case you don’t know how to do this, here are the steps you need to follow in order to verify the integrity of the game’s files: In case the Ground Branch Save Failed issue still occurs, go to the next possible method below.
2. Run the executable with administrator privileges
The second thing you can do is to run the game’s executable with administrator privileges. This is another method that is suggested by the players that have gone through this issue, and it was helpful in some cases. If you launch an application or game on your Windows computer with administrator privileges, it indicates that you are granting the application the ability to access restricted areas of the operating system that would be off-limits under normal circumstances. With that being said, all you have to do is to launch Ground Branch with admin privileges. This can be done by forcing the game to run like that only time you launch it, or you can go to the properties of the executable and make it always run with admin privileges. Here is a guide that will show you the steps on how to do this: In case this method wasn’t helpful as well, go to the next and last method below.
3. Allow the executable in Windows Defender
The last possible method that you can do in order to fix the Save Failed error in Ground Branch is to add the game executable as an exclusion in Windows Defender. As players recommend, you should do this because the Windows Defender might block some processes of the game for protection reasons. To do this, you have to go to the Windows Defender settings and make the Ground Branch executable an exclusion. That means that the Windows Defender will leave the game alone, and you will see if that will fix your game. In case you don’t know how to do this, here are the steps that will help you add the game as an exclusion in Windows Defender:
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