How to recover deleted save files?
I had just deleted my 3 only save files just now out of haste. I've tried looking for them in my saves folder only to find that there is nothing in there. Is there any way for me to recover them?
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@Pinkvelvet98 You might get lucky and have a second copy of your Sims 4 folder in OneDrive, so check there. You'd be able to copy your saves and paste them into the folder you're looking in now, and they should show up in the game just fine.
If you don't use OneDrive or it doesn't have a copy of your saves, there may not be anything you can do. But you can try searching your hard drive for any stray save files. Open a File Explorer window, click This PC in the left panel, then enter Slot_* (with the asterisk) in the search field. That should turn up saves anywhere on your computer.
If you can't find the saves in a search though, you're unfortunately out of luck. Going forward, it's a good idea to periodically back up your saves folder, preferably to an external drive or cloud storage, so you never lose everything again.
Try clicking on this button on the load screen. You may get lucky and find some older saves there.
ThePsycho
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