Deleted the Desktop Shortcut now my save is gone

[Starflight1234]

I deleted the Crusader Kings 2 desktop shortcut from my desktop and loaded it up via steam only to find my saves have been deleted. I can find it in my folder but the game doesn't recognize its existence. Please help

[wagenricht]

Have you tried to just create a new desktop shortcut?

[Crystal Rose]

If you've saved your game, it's still safe. Go to your game's library. Right click on the game's name. Select 'Manage.' Left click onto 'Add Desktop Short.' (To the right, it's the 1st on on the list). This will create a desktop short for you game.

[LSD]

Save file path should be \Documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings II\save games
If it's in there and not being picked up, that makes no sense.

[Varainger]

That is surely only a coincidence.
Deleting a Steam shortcut should not cause Steam to automatically go into bezerk mode and delete stuff.

IF you used a mod on that save you are looking for, then you might have to select the same mods again, as some mods and mod combinations create their own subdirectories and save games folders. In that case the save games folder for it would be in a seperate subfolder named after the mod. So for instance in
C:....Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings II\\IRH\save games
when using the "Immersive Religious Holdings" mod.

Alternatively somehow the Documents folder might got moved to a Microsoft server (aka 'Cloud') if OneDrive is activated.

[Crystal Rose]

If a game is downloaded in your game library, you can go to the game you want to play by just clicking on the Green 'Play' Icon in you gaming library without using a Desktop Icon. If a game has been completely downloaded, everything should be intact.
If you have Mods downloaded into your game, it is wise to see which, (if any Mod), has caused the problems when trying to play the game.

[Brahma]

Perhaps the fact is that the hash sum has changed. Create a new game, save it(name save like "123"), quit the game. Open save game folder (.. \ Documents \ Paradox Interactive \ Crusader Kings II), Now find in which folder the "123" save file was created and move the old saves there.

[Chill°bucket]

nah, somehow the <savegame> parameter was changed. Savegames are normally stored in \userprofile\documents\Paradox Interactive\Crusader Kings II\savegames with the ending ".ck2".

Either he created a new user profile or he played somehow with another user profile than now. He has to search with windows search function the *.ck2 files and copy them to the above directory of his current user profile. He can look up his current user profile folder by right clicking on crusader kings II in steam-attributes-local data.

basically what Brahma above said. Just move the data.

[Crystal Rose]

Whatever. I'm just giving what I know definitely works with one user to a Steam account. Not for multiple accounts.
If that's the case, it's just plain stupid to have more than one Steam account.

[Chill°bucket]

Originally posted by Crystal Rose:

Whatever. I'm just giving what I know definitely works with one user to a Steam account. Not for multiple accounts.
If that's the case, it's just plain stupid to have more than one Steam account.

Some "incident" changed the actual savegame folder location. And this is for sure not the deletion of a link. I personally think that his windows account somehow changed, so he has a different <user\mydocuments> folder than before. Nothing with different steam accounts and no miracle. Maybe windows somehow bugged out the profile, could happen. This would explain also the lost link and maybe a plain desktop.

But I think -as the original poster isn't present anymore- the problem solved itself, whatever it was.