# Latest update deleted my in-progress mod

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/latest-update-deleted-my-in-progress-mod/26669>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [July 13, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/latest-update-deleted-my-in-progress-mod/26669 "2021-07-13T16:24:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrAbrahms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@MrAbrahms](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MrAbrahms)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/latest-update-deleted-my-in-progress-mod/26669/1 "2021-07-13T16:24:43Z")

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Latest experimental version. I was able to recover it from the “previous version” folder. It only removed the one mod (a fork of Aftershock plus some other bits), not the other one I made last night (paper cash blacklist), nor any of my previous ones.

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**Author:** ![MrAbrahms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@MrAbrahms](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MrAbrahms)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/latest-update-deleted-my-in-progress-mod/26669/2 "2021-07-13T16:36:57Z")

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It also didn’t fix the recurring crash I updated in hopes of fixing, when using the % menu.

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**Author:** ![bortz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c2a13f/32.png) [@bortz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/bortz)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/latest-update-deleted-my-in-progress-mod/26669/3 "2021-07-13T17:51:51Z")

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You’re using the launcher to update your game right? IIRC the launcher moves the previous folder to somewhere else instead of deleting it, you just have to find it. Also, I believe Windows users have their save files stored in _My Documents_ or _Games_, put your mods there.

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/latest-update-deleted-my-in-progress-mod/26669/4 "2021-07-13T20:27:23Z")

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> [@MrAbrahms](#):
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> # Latest update deleted my in-progress mod
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> I was able to recover it from the “previous version” folder.

Unless something changed, there’s no such folder programmed into the game.

I think bortz’s guess is right… In that case, there’s nothing we can do, as the [launcher is a third party tool](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/wiki/FAQ-from-Discord#the-3rd-party-launcher) and bugs related to anything related to the launcher and not the game itself should be reported in the [related GitHub](https://github.com/remyroy/CDDA-Game-Launcher/issues).

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**Author:** ![MrAbrahms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@MrAbrahms](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MrAbrahms)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/latest-update-deleted-my-in-progress-mod/26669/5 "2021-07-13T21:17:04Z")

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Yes, using the launcher. Save files are in the game folder. The launcher has a Restore Previous Version function, so it makes sense for it to retain the files from the last version (in the folder I mentioned, which I already found).

So I guess it would be more accurate to say that installing the update failed to migrate one random mod (maybe others that I didn’t notice).

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/latest-update-deleted-my-in-progress-mod/26669/6 "2021-07-13T21:20:30Z")

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> [@MrAbrahms](#):
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> The launcher has a Restore Previous Version function, so it makes sense for it to retain the files from the last version […]

Yes, and if it isn’t there, it’s a bug. But as said, there’s nothing we can do about it, as this is a function of the Launcher, not the game itself…  
So the only way to fix it would be to notify the maintainer of the launcher about it.