Replays fail to start on Windows due to missing directory.

[alexcthomas]

When launching replays on windows, the following error message appears

"C:\ProgramData\FAForever\replaydata\bin\ForgedAlliance.exe" (in directory "C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin"): CreateProcess error=267, The directory name is invalid at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1143) at java.base/java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1073) at com.faforever.client.fa.ForgedAllianceService.launch(ForgedAllianceService.java:159) at com.faforever.client.fa.ForgedAllianceService.startReplay(ForgedAllianceService.java:96) at com.faforever.client.game.GameService.lambda$runWithReplay$35(GameService.java:431)

To Reproduce

• Under windows
• Completely uninstall FAF client
• Delete C:\ProgramData\FAForever
• Reinstall FAF client
• Download and try to run a replay

Fix Manually create the directory: C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin Then replays run fine.

Solution FAF client should check for the existence of C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin on startup. If not present, it should be created.

[Sheikah45]

Really replays should run from the replay data subfolder bin so that needs to be properly set up