# Too easy to revert save with launcher
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-easy-to-revert-save-with-launcher/22733
**Category:** The Lab
**Created:** [February 11, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-easy-to-revert-save-with-launcher/22733 "2020-02-11T06:42:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@General\_Patton](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/General_Patton)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-easy-to-revert-save-with-launcher/22733/1 "2020-02-11T06:42:34Z")
I had a brain fart and clicked previous version when I meant to do an update. So it reverted to the version I had a few days ago, and took my save with it. Now maybe it’s my fault for assuming that automatic save backups are on by default, and for assuming that the version would be changed without messing with the saves, but perhaps that functionality should be reworked so it’s not such an easy one-click nuke. The current saves need to be preserved when reverting.
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### Author:  [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-easy-to-revert-save-with-launcher/22733/2 "2020-02-11T08:25:35Z")
Try looking into recycle bin.
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### Author:  [@General\_Patton](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/General_Patton)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-easy-to-revert-save-with-launcher/22733/3 "2020-02-11T19:02:40Z")
No dice. My second pass found some zipped files that were removed from AppData/temp, but they weren’t it either. It really looks like the current version and saves are completely annihilated when you revert to previous version.
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### Author:  [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-easy-to-revert-save-with-launcher/22733/4 "2020-02-12T00:31:15Z")
Well, I’ll keep my hands off the launcher code (at least for now), but I might know a way to get your save back, if you are lucky (= got the right system/settings)…
> [@NPC REALLY dislike camp manager](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-really-dislike-camp-manager/22601/5):
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> If you’re running Windows 7+, your system might have backed it up for you.
> Try [navigate to it and] right-clicking your games save folder and select “Restore previous versions”. Click one of the entries (if there are any) from before the [downgrade], click “copy…” and save it somewhere useful (you probably don’t want to replace your current folder [in case you already created a new character/world]).
I wish you luck and hope this is of any use for you 🤞 …
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### Author:  [@remyroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/remyroy)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-easy-to-revert-save-with-launcher/22733/5 "2020-02-12T19:51:27Z")
If you only clicked on _Restore previous version_ once, your previous previous version, the original with your save game, should be in the `previous_version` subdirectory. So if you click twice on _Restore previous version_, you should be back to where you were initially.
The launcher just moves what is in your current game directory to your `previous_version` subdirectory and vice versa.
Does it make sense?
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### Author:  [@General\_Patton](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/General_Patton)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-easy-to-revert-save-with-launcher/22733/6 "2020-02-12T20:17:46Z")
Good to know. Too bad I didn’t realize the save loss until after I messed around a bunch with updates and manual mod installs to get it to load.
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### Author:  [@remyroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/remyroy)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-easy-to-revert-save-with-launcher/22733/7 "2020-02-12T20:25:09Z")
Some more information are provided in [the launcher FAQ](https://github.com/remyroy/CDDA-Game-Launcher#faq).