Originally Posted by Raze

If applicable, disable Steam cloud support either globally (in the client click on the Steam menu and select Settings, and then Cloud) or just for this game (in the library right click Divinity: Original Sin 2 and select Properties, then switch to the Updates tab and check the Steam Cloud section).
Alternately, exit out of the Steam client, or Galaxy for GOG, and just start the game directly from the executable when required.

Next, try browsing to the '..\Documents\Larian Studios' folder and rename the 'Divinity Original Sin 2' subfolder.
Deleting or renaming the folder will get the game to recreate it on startup; playing the game from a different Windows user account would effectively do the same thing. With Steam / Galaxy running and cloud support enabled, the client would just download the cloud copy of your existing profile.
After that, start D:OS 2, create a new profile, exit and copy the saves from the renamed folder to the newly created profile's savegames folder, then test if recreating folder structure and configuration files makes a difference.


Also, it wouldn't hurt to start the Task Manager (Ctrl-Shift-Esc) after exiting the game, and make sure it is gone from the Applications tab.


I disabled Steam cloud and deleted configuration (Documents/Larian Studios/Divinity Original Sin 2) folder. I launched the game and as soon as I created new profile it directly went into debug profile (exander). I had to create another profile (exander2). Than I turned off the game, launched the game again. I went to debug mode again and I was unable to load last used profile (exander2), but the first profile (exander) loaded fine. Then I turned off the game, launched the game again. I went to debug mode again and I was unable to load last used profile (exander), but the second profile (exander2) loaded fine and so on.

It means, I am never able to load profile I used the last. It behaves the same for other Windows users. Based on Steam and Task Manager Divinity is not running when it is turned off. Running it directly (outside Steam) does not change behaviour at all.

So this is completely bugged and I think profile is not correctly closed when turning off the game or something like that. Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition does not have this problem.