How do games remember save files after deletion?
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Solved by PDifolco,
4 minutes ago, BattleToads said:So many times I have completely deleted a game from my machine to download the updated version and beheld that my old save file is still there. This is obviously very convenient, but how does this happen? Do games store the save files within windows somewhere? If so, where? Do I have a bunch of save files hiding away in my system somewhere?
Yes that's it
Since a few years saves aren't in same folders than games anymore, and are often in some subdir of WIndows/Users/(you) ...
And saves don't get deleted when game is uninstalled, and you have them getting dust
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