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abookwyrm87
Seasoned Newcomer
12 months ago

Mistakenly deleted Usersettings.ini

As I was attempting to get my game off of Onedrive and get it to stop saving to onedrive, I ended up accidently deleting the entire Sims 4 folder. I'd copied my saves, tray, and mods folders to the desktop, so I don't have to completely start over, but my Happy At Home Login rewards are gone. Now, because I was trying to delete Onedrive all back-ups are also deleted.

At this time, there are now only 4 days left in the event, which isn't enough time to re-earn all the rewards back. 

The EA Help Bot had a few suggestions about restoring an older save file to get the UserSettings.ini file back, but it doesn't work. Even if I recover the save from weeks ago the rewards are still gone.

Is there any legit way to get my rewards back? 

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3 Replies

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    12 months ago

    @abookwyrm87  You could look on onedrive.com, either in My Files or the Recycle Bin.  Just because you deleted your local copies doesn't mean the files were necessarily removed from cloud storage as well.

    Other than that, no, there's no way to get back the data yourself.  It's not tied to a particular save, as you've seen, only the UserSettings.ini file.  But there's a workaround that involves editing your copy of the file, if you're interested.  I'd rather not get into it here, but it should be easy to find instructions elsewhere.

  • Arkenon4's avatar
    Arkenon4
    Seasoned Newcomer
    12 months ago

    How? I've been looking with no luck! ☹️

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    12 months ago

    @Arkenon4  If you open Edge and type in onedrive.com , you should already be signed in (if your computer is linked to your Microsoft account) and be able to look for any missing files.

    If you're asking how to edit your own copy of the file to unlock the login rewards, that's not something that can be discussed on this site, but the information is definitely out there.

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