--user_data_location="Path" Not working after laptop rebuild

I've just had to rebuild my laptop and have tried setting the Launch options to --user_data_location="C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FMUserData"

But when I load up FM, it hasn't applied... logos aren't working, facepacks are't applying and when I try switching skins, only the default one is there.

I've checked the path is correct, the folder it's pointing to has everything there that it should... but every time I run FM, it must revert to the default setting of Documents\Sports Interactive...

Any ideas how to fix this?

Hi Mate 

I have this link to Sigames hope it can help 

https://community.sigames.com/forums/topic/538451-graphics-skins-installation-guide-user-data-location-info/?tab=comments#comment-12779404

Literally just found a similar article and have tried and tested it. It works. Thank you.

Do yourself a favour and don't place your user data folder within the Steam path, it can cause a multitude of issues.

I've had it like that for years… what issues does it cause? I keep it in my “Common” folder, so I can point older versions of FM to it without changing the “launch options”. (and to keep it tidy).

The game has its default graphics in the Steam installation folder already. Placing other custom files in there can cause the possibility of conflicts, which is why the default path is placed external to it. You should put it anywhere else and avoid these issues. I have it in my main folder of my secondary hard disk (E:/FM user data folder), but it can equally be anywhere else, and I too then use the same path for the files each year.