Game Saves in Win7
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Hi I installed The Last Testament of Sherlock on my Win7 machine last evening thinking I might make one save and then transfer the latest save across from where I have the game installed on my WinXP machine. [Just to finish the game with the better graphics available and see what they look like.] But I can't find the save [My Son in Law installed the Win7 "Enterprise" version.] I have a memory of members being told to look for these saves in My Documents but they are not there. And I can't find a Documents & Settings folder at ALL. I have looked everywhere I can think of but the layout in Win7 is so different I just seem to keep going round in circles I though of trying via the Start Menu Search facility but even that's different. There are no options to choose from, I have to type in what I need to find myself and everything I've tried so far has failed I was thinking to make a search for the last file "changed" but what do I type for that ?? Hoping someone can help me out here, please EDIT : If this post should be on a different board just please let me know.
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Re: Game Saves in Win7
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My Documents is in Libraries, Mad. Say your computer's name is Bill. There will be an icon named Bill on your desktop. Double click on that. You'll see Libraries and under that, Documents. Open that with the little triangle out to the side and you'll see My Documents. (I always put a shortcut to My Docs on my desktop.)
You could do a typed search for Frogwares. Or you could go to C\Program Files(X86) and see if Frogwares is there. That's the default for most of the games and some games do have their saves in the game folder. I really wish developers would make up their minds where saves should be and stick them all in one place!
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Re: Game Saves in Win7
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traveler : Yes. When I looked for the saves for Secret Files 3 that's where I found them but the Sherlock saves are not there. [I didn't find them until after I'd started this thread.] Upsydaisy : I went to AppData and found Roaming but there are no save games in there or in any other of the AppData files. But thank you both for replying
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Re: Game Saves in Win7
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Yes, Upsydaisy, I did make a save. And that's the save I'm trying to find Thanks, mj2c. I would definitely like to try that but whilst I know how to access hidden files on WinXP, I don't on Win7 Can you tell me how, please ?? Thanks to you all, again. I much appreciate the help
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Re: Game Saves in Win7
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Thank you, mj2c But, another mystery now !! I went the route to get hidden folders to be made available - only to find that "show hidden folders" was already checked .... Yet they are NOT showing. I don't know WHAT to do now
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Re: Game Saves in Win7
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OK. I tried that, mj2c. But it just came up "no matches". When I get to the "hidden folders" options there are two headings at the top of that page - Apply to Folders and Reset Folders. Apply to Folders is greyed out but I don't know what Reset Folders might do so I haven't touched it
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Re: Game Saves in Win7
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Our posts are crossing now What address part - where ??
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OK. I tried that, mj2c. But it just came up "no matches". When I get to the "hidden folders" options there are two headings at the top of that page - Apply to Folders and Reset Folders. Apply to Folders is greyed out but I don't know what Reset Folders might do so I haven't touched it Ignore both of those. When you select Show hidden folders just select either the Ok button at the bottom or the Apply also at the bottom. http://mintywhite.com/windows-7/7news/36...ndows-explorer/click on pic to magnify it. See where it says Libraries->Documents? That's the address bar.
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OK. I've found it, mj2c, and thank you SO MUCH for your fantastic patience !! However, after all this messing, I think I'm going to have to delete it anyway, and, in fact, uninstall the game, because the save is on my C Drive [I'll just carry on and finish the game with the install I already have on my XP computer.] My new machine has only a small solid state "C" drive - specifically for booting up at speed - and as it is purposely only a small drive, I don't want to clog it up with games stuff. My BIG drive - for games and everything else - is "D" and that's where I installed Sherlock and where I've been doing all this fruitless (curses) searching !! But a huge thanks to all who have been trying to help me. I have appreciated your efforts VERY much and am most grateful. Cheers. Mad PS. What a shame for poor Moriarty, though. Getting blamed for something he hasn't done .... for once
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Re: Game Saves in Win7
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Oo! A new thingie! I'm sorry, Mad. My reading comprehension skills need overhaul. I thought you couldn't find My Docs. Btw, you can also look in AppData\Local when you're searching. Gil.
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" Btw, you can also look in AppData\Local when you're searching."I inadvertently discovered that this morning traveler I am sorry I won't be playing Sherlock on my new computer but to me it seems ludicrous to allow a player to choose where to install a game but then not only hide their saves from it in a "hidden" folder, but in a hidden folder on a completely different drive !! Anyway. I'm just very grateful for all the help I am treated to here at Gameboomers. Just don't know how I'd manage without it. So a big from me !!
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Since this is more technical than related to a game, I am moving this to Glitches. Ana
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As for the save thing, my saves for a different games (stalker, I think) are in the my documents folder and some of the saves for other games are in the application data folder.
Which brings up the question, why aren't all saved games in the game folder and plainly labeled saved games? Is there some arcane technical reason for putting them somewhere else? Gil.
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Which brings up the question, why aren't all saved games in the game folder and plainly labeled saved games? Is there some arcane technical reason for putting them somewhere else? The reason saves aren't placed in the game folder anymore is that games often (stupidly) install into the Program Files folder by default. Anything inside the Program Files folder (or Program Files(x86) folder) is considered "protected" by Windows so changes (like creating new saves or updating existing saves) are blocked. This "blocking changes in C:\Program Files" thing all started back with XP SP2, but the problem has not gone away. Why saves aren't always put in the same place (like in a subfolder in the User's Documents folder) is another matter. Why should they be put in a subfolder of the hidden AppData folder? Or in a subfolder of the Roaming folder? I think this is more the fault of the creator of the game installer than of Windows though. Windows has been like this long enough for game installers to choose some non-protected default location for the game install. Someone actually created a website for finding game save locations: http://www.gamesavelocation.com/Unfortunately not so many games there yet.
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Thanks for the explanation, Jenny. Makes sense. Since you're explaining, is there a way to put all the saves that normally go to My Docs by default as sub-folders in a Game Saves folder in My Docs and still have a game locate the saves? Well, that was long winded. In other words, is there a way to direct the game to look for saves somewhere other than it expects to find them? Gil.
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Since you're explaining, is there a way to put all the saves that normally go to My Docs by default as sub-folders in a Game Saves folder in My Docs and still have a game locate the saves?
Well, that was long winded. In other words, is there a way to direct the game to look for saves somewhere other than it expects to find them?
Gil. I don't know of one. There might be a way to manipulate the game's registry entries so it would look for saves in a different place, but every game would probably need a different procedure.
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Ah. Phooey. Then I'll just do what I should have done in the first place and stuff all those saved game folders in one, to get rid of that mess in My Docs, and haul one out when I'm actually playing the game. Why didn't I think of that before? You don't have to answer that. Gil.
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Sorry I'm late back to this thread - but thanks, all of you, who have contributed. Every snippet of info on Win7 stuff is a bonus !!
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I'm saving this post, oldmariner. No, every game doesn't create a saves folder in My Documents, I wish every one did! They'd be a danged sight easier to find. At the moment, though, I have 17 game saves folders in there, which is why I intend to create a master Saved Games folder in My Docs, pop them all in, then haul out one when I need it, i.e., when I'm replaying a game and can't figure out what the heck I did to get past something. Considering I put just about everything in My Docs since it's so easy to find things there (via a desktop shortcut), add to that that I often refuse to let a game go where it wants to but put it in My Docs, and it can get to be kinda crowded in there. I have various folders like Games, Articles, Downloads that are full of subfolders so I don't know why it never occurred to me to make a master Saved Games folder. Standard transmission? They still make those? Gil.
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