# Unable to find save files location
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-find-save-files-location/10564
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [September 20, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-find-save-files-location/10564 "2015-09-20T16:08:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@evilexecutive](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/evilexecutive)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-find-save-files-location/10564/1 "2015-09-20T16:08:42Z")
Alright, well I’ve been mucking about with the Latest Experimentals, and unfortunately I’ve been doing this for awhile. My methods for it were pretty lazy(Just dragging and dropping the contents of the latest zip into my directory for the game), but now I want to clean up the errors by taking a fresh experimental. UNFORTUNATELY, I can’t do this until I get my saves, which I have no freakin’ clue where they are. I absolutely cannot sacrifice my saves, as I don’t want to lose my progress on building a Baneblade in the game.
All of my cata files are located in C:: \> Program Filesx86 \> Cataclysm DDA
After meticulously searching every single folder in the entire directory, I have been completely unable to locate any save files at all. Which leads me to believe the game is putting my saves somewhere else. Does anyone know where the game keeps its saves?
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### Author:  [@Xfin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Xfin)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-find-save-files-location/10564/2 "2015-09-20T16:22:22Z")
Another mistaken on sticking in the overprotective folder, however you seem to of triggered the over version of the protection, where windows redirects it to another folder in your user files…
i believe if I’m remembering right they might be located somewhere around C:\Users[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)
But i haven’t used windows7 or higher after my laptop broke
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### Author:  [@evilexecutive](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/evilexecutive)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-find-save-files-location/10564/3 "2015-09-20T16:41:12Z")
[quote=“Xfin, post:2, topic:10564”]Another mistaken on sticking in the overprotective folder, however you seem to of triggered the over version of the protection, where windows redirects it to another folder in your user files…
i believe if I’m remembering right they might be located somewhere around C:\Users[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)
But i haven’t used windows7 or higher after my laptop broke[/quote]
Ah thanks, you were correct about where it was. As to why my saves ended up there, I have no clue.
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### Author:  [@Xfin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Xfin)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/unable-to-find-save-files-location/10564/4 "2015-09-20T16:44:02Z")
again it just some windows protection thingy on the system folders that they never told anyone about and have very little info about it, i would suggest leaving the game on your desktop or something rather then a sysfolder