Accidently deleted resource.cfg

"Dedgey;14746271" wrote:
Thanks rosemow!

Hello :) You're welcome!

Welcome to the forums :) Happy simming!

So with mine, I have my resource file but when I was editing it to suit my needs...I accidentally saved it as a notebook so I have no idea how to reverse that. I've tried to download another one but it downloads as a notebook and I've tried changing properties but I have to choose another file type to replace the notebook in which case I would end up in the same position. Any advice??

"Atta;14751811" wrote:
So with mine, I have my resource file but when I was editing it to suit my needs...I accidentally saved it as a notebook so I have no idea how to reverse that. I've tried to download another one but it downloads as a notebook and I've tried changing properties but I have to choose another file type to replace the notebook in which case I would end up in the same position. Any advice??

Hello @Atta.
Delete the resource.cfg file . Then start the game, and a new resource.cfg file will be generated. The file should hsve returned to right file type then.

So with mine, I have my resource file but when I was editing it to suit my needs...I accidentally saved it as a notebook so I have no idea how to reverse that. I've tried to download another one but it downloads as a notebook and I've tried changing properties but I have to choose another file type to replace the notebook in which case I would end up in the same position. Any advice??> @rosemow said:
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> So with mine, I have my resource file but when I was editing it to suit my needs...I accidentally saved it as a notebook so I have no idea how to reverse that. I've tried to download another one but it downloads as a notebook and I've tried changing properties but I have to choose another file type to replace the notebook in which case I would end up in the same position. Any advice??
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> Hello @Atta.
> Delete the resource.cfg file . Then start the game, and a new resource.cfg file will be generated. The file should hsve returned to right file type then.

Thankyou for your response though the file still showed up as a notebook. When I saved it this way, I think the box to always open this file like that was checked.

"Atta;14753044" wrote:
So with mine, I have my resource file but when I was editing it to suit my needs...I accidentally saved it as a notebook so I have no idea how to reverse that. I've tried to download another one but it downloads as a notebook and I've tried changing properties but I have to choose another file type to replace the notebook in which case I would end up in the same position. Any advice??> @rosemow said:
> Atta wrote: »
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> So with mine, I have my resource file but when I was editing it to suit my needs...I accidentally saved it as a notebook so I have no idea how to reverse that. I've tried to download another one but it downloads as a notebook and I've tried changing properties but I have to choose another file type to replace the notebook in which case I would end up in the same position. Any advice??
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> Hello @Atta.
> Delete the resource.cfg file . Then start the game, and a new resource.cfg file will be generated. The file should hsve returned to right file type then.

Thankyou for your response though the file still showed up as a notebook. When I saved it this way, I think the box to always open this file like that was checked.

That's just showing that you've said Notepad should open the filetype if you double click on it. It doesn't change the file itself.

"Atta;14753044" wrote:
So with mine, I have my resource file but when I was editing it to suit my needs...I accidentally saved it as a notebook so I have no idea how to reverse that. I've tried to download another one but it downloads as a notebook and I've tried changing properties but I have to choose another file type to replace the notebook in which case I would end up in the same position. Any advice??> @rosemow said:
> Atta wrote: »
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> So with mine, I have my resource file but when I was editing it to suit my needs...I accidentally saved it as a notebook so I have no idea how to reverse that. I've tried to download another one but it downloads as a notebook and I've tried changing properties but I have to choose another file type to replace the notebook in which case I would end up in the same position. Any advice??
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> Hello @Atta.
> Delete the resource.cfg file . Then start the game, and a new resource.cfg file will be generated. The file should hsve returned to right file type then.

Thankyou for your response though the file still showed up as a notebook. When I saved it this way, I think the box to always open this file like that was checked.

Hello
If you want to edit the file, it is like luthien said, it will open in notepad. The file will still remain the same, it is just what program is associated with it to be the default program to open it.

So with mine, I have my resource file but when I was editing it to suit my needs...I accidentally saved it as a notebook so I have no idea how to reverse that. I've tried to download another one but it downloads as a notebook and I've tried changing properties but I have to choose another file type to replace the notebook in which case I would end up in the same position. Any advice??> @luthienrising said:
> Atta wrote: »
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> So with mine, I have my resource file but when I was editing it to suit my needs...I accidentally saved it as a notebook so I have no idea how to reverse that. I've tried to download another one but it downloads as a notebook and I've tried changing properties but I have to choose another file type to replace the notebook in which case I would end up in the same position. Any advice??> @rosemow said:
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> > So with mine, I have my resource file but when I was editing it to suit my needs...I accidentally saved it as a notebook so I have no idea how to reverse that. I've tried to download another one but it downloads as a notebook and I've tried changing properties but I have to choose another file type to replace the notebook in which case I would end up in the same position. Any advice??
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> > Hello @Atta.
> > Delete the resource.cfg file . Then start the game, and a new resource.cfg file will be generated. The file should hsve returned to right file type then.
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> Thankyou for your response though the file still showed up as a notebook. When I saved it this way, I think the box to always open this file like that was checked.
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> That's just showing that you've said Notepad should open the filetype if you double click on it. It doesn't change the file itself.

So does it not really change anything to my mods? Thanks!

"Atta;14755429" wrote:
So with mine, I have my resource file but when I was editing it to suit my needs...I accidentally saved it as a notebook so I have no idea how to reverse that. I've tried to download another one but it downloads as a notebook and I've tried changing properties but I have to choose another file type to replace the notebook in which case I would end up in the same position. Any advice??> @luthienrising said:
> Atta wrote: »
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> So with mine, I have my resource file but when I was editing it to suit my needs...I accidentally saved it as a notebook so I have no idea how to reverse that. I've tried to download another one but it downloads as a notebook and I've tried changing properties but I have to choose another file type to replace the notebook in which case I would end up in the same position. Any advice??> @rosemow said:
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> > So with mine, I have my resource file but when I was editing it to suit my needs...I accidentally saved it as a notebook so I have no idea how to reverse that. I've tried to download another one but it downloads as a notebook and I've tried changing properties but I have to choose another file type to replace the notebook in which case I would end up in the same position. Any advice??
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> > Hello @Atta.
> > Delete the resource.cfg file . Then start the game, and a new resource.cfg file will be generated. The file should hsve returned to right file type then.
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> Thankyou for your response though the file still showed up as a notebook. When I saved it this way, I think the box to always open this file like that was checked.
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> That's just showing that you've said Notepad should open the filetype if you double click on it. It doesn't change the file itself.

So does it not really change anything to my mods? Thanks!

Hello
No, it won't change anything to your mods. They will work the same as they would normally work :) The file itself will be just the same as it was before.
If you double click the file to edit it, it will open in notepad straight away.

I had that problem as well tysm rosemow you saved me :smiley:

Okay, picture time. Two layers, Resource.cfg Properties info, and beneath that, the file in its home directory as I see it here.





I have Windows 10. It's a right-click on the actual filename to get to its Properties info. In THAT window, you can Change whatever program or app you use to open the file with.

I use notepad++ for all things text-file related.

A note, it does not offer a .cfg extension in the dropdown menus (where it has .txt and so on). But, (example) if you just add that to a file when you're naming it, as in call it settings.cfg instead of just settings or settings.txt, that's all you need to do. As long as it has a .cfg extension, the game will use it properly.


It's cool there's links to download a new Resource.cfg file, but, if you're comfortable with creating/editing text files, you can always make your own, too.

Open a text editor, new document.

Copy the following block of text and paste it into the new document.

Priority 500
PackedFile *.package
PackedFile */*.package
PackedFile */*/*.package
PackedFile */*/*/*.package
PackedFile */*/*/*/*.package
PackedFile */*/*/*/*/*.package


Save it as Resource.cfg

Copy it into your C:\Users\egw\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods directory. (<< My Win10 path, yours may be different.)

Done.

:)

Edit: added better link to notepad++