Hello
I Deleted the desktop shortcut for the game and now when accessing from EA or Steam the game acts like a fresh start, no save files or custom content, is there anything that can be done to recover my safe files??
This is on Win11
Thanks in advance
@baphomite A desktop shortcut for an application points to that application's executable file, as in, the file you use to launch the app. This has nothing to do with your user data. So either the problems are unrelated or you deleted something else.
To recreate the .exe, you can find the original, likely here in a Steam install:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Sims 4\Game\Bin
Right-click TS4_x64.exe and select Send to > Desktop shortcut.
For the missing content, normally it's a OneDrive issue, as descriebd here:
But from your description, I'm wondering whether you deleted something else instead. Please run the search that first post describes anyway, and let me know whether you find any saves. If not, please list the full path to the user folder Sims 4 is reading. Here's how to find it:
https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2018/07/how-to-find-your-user-folder/
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