The "Creating Profile Data" stuck screen is —it’s a design failure. Ubisoft never implemented a timeout or error message for profile creation. The game assumes success. When anything goes wrong (permissions, AV, cloud conflict, Unicode paths), it sits in an infinite wait state.
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The most common reason for this error is that the Uplay (Ubisoft Connect) launcher does not have the necessary permissions to write new files to your hard drive. Because Watch Dogs 2 requires an internet connection to verify your profile on launch, if the launcher hits a permission wall, the game hangs indefinitely. The "Creating Profile Data" stuck screen is —it’s
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