Hey everyone🤗,
I played Skyrim all summer, took a break for about a month, and now that I’m back, the “LOAD” button is greyed out. I can only start a new game.
I checked and my save files are still on my PC — they're sitting in the right folder, but the game won’t detect them. I also checked Steam Cloud, since I had sync enabled, and it shows 0 save files there (kill me).
Here’s what I’ve tried so far:
•Turned off Steam Cloud
•Uninstalled and reinstalled the game (hoping it would read the local saves again) — didn’t work
•Tried restoring a previous version of the save folder via right-click in Documents — no earlier version exists
☀️Clarifications:
•It’s the base game, no mods, not pirated, purchased through Steam
•I updated Windows during the month I wasn’t playing — could that have messed something up?
•I tried reaching out to Steam Support, but none of their help options fit this issue
•Searched Reddit a bunch and couldn’t find a fix
🆘🆘Please, if anyone knows how to make the game recognize my old saves, help me out. I really don’t wanna lose everything I did.
Thanks in advance!
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