memcard not saving to disk

no matter what i do i keep getting the message in my logs, as well as not being able to have a memory card:

warning: the memcard [memcards\epsxe000.mcr] has NOT been saved to the disk
warning: the memcard [memcards\epsxe001.mcr] has NOT been saved to the disk

I have deleted epsxe, even from regedit directory, did the full uninstall/re install, even on older versions. i have downloaded epsxe000 cards from online and put them in my memcards folder. renamed it. set other locations. changed the...

memcard not saving to disk