Error starfield 0x80004005 (The save folder could not be initialized)

Hello Damion,

Thank you for using Microsoft products and posting to the community.

We fully understand the inconvenience the issue has caused and that the current situation can be frustrating. Recently in the Answers forum we have received a lot of feedback from users about this issue, stating that the error code 0x80004005 occurs when launching Starfield, here are the related threads I found that you can refer to.

Starfield only 0x80004005 - Microsoft Community

Starfield keeps giving me Error code: (0x80004005) when I try to - Microsoft Community



In one of the threads, a user Stone Hardgod mentioned that disabling Quick Resume can fix this issue, you can refer to it.

Starfield PC saved game causes 0x80004004 error on XBox - Microsoft Community



However, I have to say that since you only get the problem when running this game, then it is very likely that there is something wrong with the game itself. For this, contacting Starfield support directly for feedback on this issue may be a better option. Below is the contact information I found for Starfield support that you can refer to.

Starfield - Bethesda Support

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I found a fix on PC from a guy on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Starfield/comments/166ugs5/this_save_relies_on_content_that_is_no_longer/

1. go to your xbox folder /xbox games)
   
2. in the xbox folder you will find 3 folders\
   
   1. Constellation
      
   2. Old Mars
      
   3. Starfield
      
3. go into the Constellation folder and copy all the files except the content folder into the Starfield folder (all the EACExxx files)
   
4. go into the Constellation folder -> go into the Content folder -> go into the data folder and copy the 3 files, then go into the Starfield folder -> Content folder -> data folder and paste the 3 files there.
   
5. Repeat step 3 and 4 but now for the Old Mars folder. (Copy again the EACE files into the starfield folder and again copy the 3 files from the Old Mars data folder into the data folder of Starfield
   
6. launch the game and the error should be gone
   

I have also copied and pasted the entirety of the Old Mars and Constellation folders into the Starfield folder (overriding any files). Game still boots fine but still states the two DLCs are missing when I launch a prior save.

I have seen this error code from back with Windows XP and the original Xbox. On the PC the error can come up with extracting zip files, copying files from disk to disk etc.

According tp MSFT, this code may apply to activation, but this exists in other areas as well. It may be caused by disk error, or folder permissions.

ERROR CODE 0x80004005 – HARDCORE GAMES™

for example, theres just a file called Pipeline.cache in the starfield folder?