Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

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Pak Nov 14, 2019 @ 2:30pm
Hotkeys - Which file are hotkeys stored in? (so that I can share hotkey setting with friends)
Hi,

I spent a long time setting up my custom hotkeys, and I saved them in-game with my name.

Now I would like to backup the hotkey information file for several reasons:
- Add them to all computers I might play in
- Keep a copy for whenever I reinstall the game to avoid having to go through the entire process of defining the hotkeys again
- Share hotkeys with friends.

Age2:HD and the original CD version used to save the hotkeys in a file named player1.hki, so you could simply save that file, or copy it to new installations.

But I cannot see a similar file for Age2:DE, or do not know where to find it.

Is there a file containing my custom hotkeys? Where is it?

Thank you!
Originally posted by neikeq:
I found them at
%USERPROFILE%\Games\Age of Empires 2 DE\<YourSteamID>\profile
.I wasn't able to import HD (2013) hotkeys though.
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neikeq Nov 16, 2019 @ 7:43am 
I found them at
%USERPROFILE%\Games\Age of Empires 2 DE\<YourSteamID>\profile
.I wasn't able to import HD (2013) hotkeys though.
Pak Nov 21, 2019 @ 9:58am 
Thank you very much #1, that solved my question.
We cannot import from HD, but we can create a new profile and share it, backup it, etc.
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