Gears 5 is only available for the Xbox lineup consoles and Microsoft Windows platforms. However, it seems that more and more bugs or errors are appearing to the PC gamers rather than the Xbox console users. Though the Gears 5 game is well-known among the third-person shooter video gamers due to its gameplay or graphics, several players are encountering issues with the ‘Error Failed to Save Game 0x00001ced’ whenever they’re trying to save the game progress. If you’re also one of the victims, make sure to check out this troubleshooting guide completely.
To be very precise, there is no PC game available that doesn’t have any bugs or errors whether a newly released or older one. Talking about the particular 0x00001ced error, either the game files are failed to save or the game system can’t save the progress data by any means. Now, plenty of affected PC players have already tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game but that didn’t work for all. Luckily, we’ve shared a couple of possible workarounds that should fix this error completely.
Fix: Gears 5 Error Failed to Save Game 0x00001ced
The chances are high that maybe you haven’t allowed the admin access to your system to run the game properly. That’s why the game progress save may get failed. So, it’s better to allow admin access to your system by following the steps below. Additionally, it can possible that Microsoft OneDrive is interfering with your game saves. Otherwise, Windows Defender Firewall or any third-party antivirus software is preventing your game files to save on your computer.