"Program Backups Found: None" when i'm restoring games

[Tino]

Recently I was restoring my backup file of the Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition and The Witcher Enhanced Edition because i'm currently downloading The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt just to experience the whole franchise again.

But when Im restoring it i cant proceed because when i select the backup file which i placed in Backups folder on steam (which its supposed to be) it says "Program Backups Found: None".

I already restored these backup files a year ago and it worked, but when i tried to restore it again due to the fact that i dont want to overcrowd my hard drive and now it wont work anymore.

I checked the Disk files on the backup folders and it contains the .cds .csm and one sku.sis files on every single Disk Folders.

Has anyone come across this kind of problem before?
How did you overcome it?

I need some help please.

[Bumbefly (we/All)]

The KB page states

Many games that use third party installers or downloaders will not work with Steam's backup feature.

So if this worked before, perhaps something changed that it doesn't anymore. Yhe Witcher requires agreement to a 3rd party UELA.

Besides that, the article lists some more files to check if they indeed are present for the restoration to works all right. See 1st vhapter of

"Using the Steam Backup Feature"
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8794-YPHV-2033

[Seven7]

Steam backup not work with games like TES Online, games with Uplay, etc. that have it's own launcher&updater

Steam work with standart backup structure:
\%steam backup root folder%\ <-- by default it "Backup" in Steam client root folder
\%game backup root folder%\ <-- you will select this folder, NOT Disk1, or files!
\Disk1\

hints:
don't use non-ANSI symbols in path, long path 64 symbols and longer not recomended
for series use someting like "Whitcher trilogy EE" instead "The Witcher Enhanced Edition & The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition & The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt"
calculate ~summ of all games, that you want backup in single, and choose custom size in backup option, enter size bigger, than it - you get single folder, you still can write it on FAT32 flash or DVD - Steam auto-split on ~1024Mb volumes

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