This is a small patch with a handful of fixes to the game, released on Tuesday 19th December 2017. Below you will find the list of changes occurring in Update 1.09 to Shadow of War.
Find info on other/older updates in the Shadow of War Patch Notes list.
General Stability
- Fixed an issue for some players where Windows Defender was blocking access to save files, which resulted in a crash on launch.
Additional Details on this change
- Migrated saved data files from the Documents folder to the AppData\Local folder.
- We now present an error message when the game is unable to access the saved data location.
- Previous saves will still appear in the My Documents folder and can be used as backup.
If you experience any issues playing the game, check this for a solution: Middle-earth: Shadow of War Problems and Fixes