ye this was very helpful!! tysm. also my old profile is still in my type dreams folder from a while back. i'll try deleting the _cache.dat and seeing if that works now!! ty for the update! ^^
EDIT:
So I deleted the cache file and it regenerated but crashed with the following error:
After relaunching I tried loading into the profile but it gives me the same error as the one above. Strange.. Looks like I can't get into my old profile at all aaaa