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Re: Re: After game update6/10, i cant find my saved files

@Abbie173 The part where you hovered over the little folder icon looks good, that is what you want it to say.

The writing in your screenshot is kind of hard for me to read but it looks like there are several Sims 4 save files from earlier this year in that OneDrive folder. They are the files that are labeled as "SAVE File" in the "Type" column. If I am reading it correctly it looks like one of them is showing like this:

Name- Slot_0000001d.save, Date- 06/04/2020, Type- SAVE File

It looks like there might even be five of them in there? The game won't see them in this OneDrive folder because that is not your active User folder.

You can try copying just those files that are marked as "SAVE File" from your OneDrive back into your regular Documents/Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Saves folder. Just copy & paste them do not cut & paste, we'll keep those OneDrive files as a backup for now.

Skip the very first one that looks like it's dated from 2016. I think it says Slot_0000001 and that's just an auto save from when you first started playing & the game won't read it anyway. Just copy & paste those 5 save files from 2020. Then restart your game & see if they appear in your Main Menu again.

I hope this helps & please let me know either way. Good luck :D

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  • Abbie173's avatar
    Abbie173
    6 years ago

    @RandomBuzziness 

    YAY! I copied the files into the correct folder and they are back in my game!

    Thank you so so much for your advice, you've helped me get back more hours of game play than I care to admit! 🙂 

  • RandomBuzziness's avatar
    RandomBuzziness
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago

    @Abbie173 Hey that's awesome!

    LOL I have a lot of hours in my saves too xD You might want to back up your Saves and Tray folders on a regular basis so if anything ever happens again you'll know where to find them. I manually back up my Saves, Tray, and Mods folders every few days (I use mods and CC).

    If OneDrive ever gives you any problems with Sims 4 you can turn it off or disable it for your Sims 4 folders. More info on that here:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/turn-off-disable-or-uninstall-onedrive-f32a17ce-3336-40fe-9c38-6efb09f944b0

    Anyhow, happy Simming :D
    I'm just a regular Sims player, I do not work for EA.