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leahxrix
Rising Adventurer
10 months ago

Whats the name of the file for the houses I build?

I installed and reinstalled the game the other day.  I just learned that I lost all the houses I made.  Pls which file is it?  I recovered the old sims4 folder from my recycle bin.   Thanks

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  • @leahxrixI don't have my own compute rto hand at the moment, but I've found that your built lots should be in this location?
    C:\Users\Your username\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\tray

    Hope that's of some help

  • cbarber89's avatar
    cbarber89
    Seasoned Ace
    10 months ago

    I also have a strong feeling that unless you saved them all to your gallery, or have a copy/backup of your old files from before reinstalling, they might be gone, which isnt ideal I know ☹️ but the reinstall will overwrite any existing folders

  • leahxrix's avatar
    leahxrix
    Rising Adventurer
    10 months ago

    Thank you.  I'm going to look for it now. 

    Edit- unfortunately there are 2 files in the tray folder and they are only 1kb each.  I wonder where they went too.  Before I did the uninstall I copied the whole sims4 folder to my desktop.   Sucks... had 4 houses built that I hadn't used yet.  They aren't in the gallery.  I always test first.  

  • cbarber89's avatar
    cbarber89
    Seasoned Ace
    10 months ago
    @leahxrix Oh no ☹️ and they're 1kb in your copied to desktop folder before the reinstall as well?
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    cbarber89
    Seasoned Ace
    10 months ago
    @leahxrix Very, and annoying, I know I'd be miffed as a builder myself.
    It doesn't really help you with your lost houses, but I'd recommend maybe saving the lots to your library, then that way I believe it gets uploaded into your own personal library linked to your account, even if you reinstall again. That way their uploaded but not on the gallery 🙂