Watch Dogs 2 Creating Profile Data Stuck ⭐ 📥
| Cause | Platform | Why It Happens |
|-------|----------|----------------|
| 1. Windows Defender / AV Interference | PC | Real-time scanning locks the Documents\My Games folder. The game tries to write the profile, AV says "let me scan that first," game waits, AV hangs, game waits forever. |
| 2. Corrupt or Missing "My Games" Permissions | PC | Windows Update or a user permission change removed write access to the Documents folder. The game cannot create the folder. No error dialog—just infinite wait. |
| 3. Cloud Save Conflict Loop | PC / All | Ubisoft Connect cloud has a partial or corrupted profile. Game tries to download it → fails → tries to create new one → cloud says "no, sync this" → loop. |
| 4. Anti-Cheat / BattlEye Hang | PC | WD2’s BattlEye (if enabled) attempts to validate the profile. A slow network or blocked port causes BattlEye to time out silently. |
| 5. Unicode Character in Windows Username | PC | If your Windows username has an emoji, accented character (é, ü, ñ), or non-Latin script, the file path breaks. WD2 uses old file I/O that chokes on UTF-8. |
| 6. Corrupt Save Data from Previous Install | All | Leftover registry keys or hidden .save files from a prior uninstall confuse the profile creation routine. |
Many Watch Dogs 2 players on PC (and occasionally consoles) encounter an infinite loading loop when launching the game: the screen freezes on a message saying “Creating profile data” or “Creating save data.” This prevents the game from reaching the main menu. Below is a breakdown of why this happens and how to resolve it. watch dogs 2 creating profile data stuck
For PS5/PS4 Users:
For Xbox Series X/S & One Users:
Add an exception for the entire Watch Dogs 2 installation folder and the save folder (Documents\My Games\Watch Dogs 2). Windows Defender, Bitdefender, and McAfee are known to interfere. | Cause | Platform | Why It Happens
Cloud saves are the #1 culprit.
Do not skip these. In many cases, the solution is embarrassingly simple. For Xbox Series X/S & One Users: