Windows Defender or third-party AV (Avast, McAfee, etc.) often quarantines .ff files.
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"Modern Windows often blocks the game from writing to its own directory, or the path gets messed up. The 'zone' folder is there, but the game can't see it. You need to force a path reset. Go to the game’s root folder, locate the BlackOps.exe , create a shortcut, and add specific launch parameters to force the language and path."
If you want to spend zero time debugging, just do this:
Inside [GameFolder] , open the zone folder. You will likely see a subfolder named English (or French , German , etc.).

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