Re: Old Saves Return...New Saves Vanish

by SandArcher
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Old Saves Return...New Saves Vanish

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So, Windows did that thing it does occasionally where it installs updates without telling you and restarts the computer. I go to start The Sims 3, and all the downloadable stuff I've gotten since I first installed Supernatural is suddenly no longer installed. After I spend 20 minutes sorting that out, I start the game, dreading what's happened to it now. Upon doing so, I find that my old saves are back...but my new ones, which I've sunk much more time and effort into, are gone.

 

I've just about had it with this. 

 

I don't know where it was saving the new files to, as it's not the My Documents save folder, but it was consistently able to access them, wherever they were being stored. I removed the file folder from My Documents, and now it just doesn't have any saves registering. What on Earth is going on, and how do I fix it?

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Apparently, for some reason (Possibly involving Administrator Priveleges), the game switched from using my saves folder, to the other user on my computer's saves folder. I fixed the issue for good by merging the two and putting them into my directory.

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Nevermind, figured it out. 

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@Mic_Roe_Pony can you tell us how you solved your issue? It could help someone else Standard smile

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Apparently, for some reason (Possibly involving Administrator Priveleges), the game switched from using my saves folder, to the other user on my computer's saves folder. I fixed the issue for good by merging the two and putting them into my directory.

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@Mic_Roe_Pony glad to hear, thanks for sharing Standard smile

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