Can we get a blue that they acknowledge the problem? This is very annoying to re-symlink everytime i switch computers or even reboot WoW. I have been using symlinks with WoW for many many years (maybe a decade now) to have same experience between computers and backup saved variables (started when my saved variables got deleted or corrupted twice and redoing everything from scratch sux).
I know it’s probably only a small % of people that use this or junctions but it would be nice to acknowledge this is happening.
I, too, am experiencing this, but I use it in a slightly different manner. I symlink my account folders for multiple accounts so that my addons behave in a certain manner with profiles etc. It’s pretty annoying to have to go in and remake the link several times a day now. I’m not sure why blizzard would randomly do something like this.
This NEEDS a blue response. I provide support for my brother for this and both of us are getting really annoyed that this is happening to both of us.
I tried setting the deny delete, we’ll see where that leads me.
And just to clarify, some people said it might be twitch. It’s not. I have it happening on a computer I don’t even have twitch on. Since I update all my addons from a central PC
There is another thread about this same issue in which I have posted a work around. It’s dangerous if you don’t understand what you’re doing, but its working for me for now.
Sorry for the late reply on this! The Symlinks in the World of Warcraft addon folder being deleted on update is a known issue, this is being investigated by our Battle.net team. I would recommend if you can hold out for the fix to do so instead of trying any workarounds as they may conflict with the fix once resolved.
Thanks for the update. This is driving me batty, and recreating the links isn’t always working. Does this mean that they know why it is happening, and the fix is already in the works? Any estimate on whether this will be in the next hotfix?
I keep my Interface and WTF folders synchronized between my Windows desktop and Macbook Pro. The symlinks are being deleted with every update on Windows, but survive updates no problem on Mac.
When I went to my second machine, I saw Zaphon is right. Launcher updated before the patch was downloaded and symlinks were fine. Once the warcraft patch finished, symlinks were gone.
My links are gone again, so I came to the forums. I’m glad you’re aware of it. Please note that it works fine on Mac right now so please don’t break it there when you fix it for Windows.