Post by ArakiSatoshi in Strange file in my SaveGames folder that won't go away, seems to be affecting my save data

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I'm so curious, can you send it via Google Drive or open it with a notepad to check the contents, or it's completely inaccessible?

ChillyChulie48 days ago

Can't do anything with the file. Notepad says the file can't be found when i try to open it. Trying to drag it out of the SaveGames folder only makes a pop-up saying the file isn't located in SaveGames.

ArakiSatoshi48 days ago

How it's named, can you write it or send its screenshot?

ChillyChulie47 days ago

The name came from a save file i had a year ago. Didn't really put much thought into what i named it. I can't change the file name.

ArakiSatoshi45 days ago (1 edit)

Ah I get it. I don't see your current save in this directory, does your current one have the same name as this one? If not, I think it should be safe to try deleting it with the command prompt,

Open the saves folder, hold shift and press the right mouse button somewhere in the window, choose "Open in Terminal", and type

del /p /f "s_I'm abouta die"

to forcefully delete the file with confirmation. Even if it won't delete it, the terminal generally should be more verbose about what the issue is.

ChillyChulie44 days ago

In trying to remove this file, all the other save files are gone (don't worry i haven't played in a while anyway). Also, typing the command caused this to appear:

Didn't remove the file, but perhaps this could help make the problem more clear.

ArakiSatoshi44 days ago

That's because PowerShell instead of command prompt popped up, that's okay, we just need a different command. Try this:

Remove-Item "s_I'm abouta die" -Force

ChillyChulie43 days ago

itch.io

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