I added the save game to my setup and seen the .sav file in its folder. So i decided to open it with notepad AND WHEN I CHOOSE NOTEPAD TO OPEN IT. IT REASSIGNED ALL MY ICONS AND PROFGRAMS TO DOS, NOW I CAN NOT OPEN NOTHING ON MY COMP! EPIC YOUR STUFF BROKE MY COMP, FIX YOUR SAVE GAME .SAV FILE. So when it is opened in notepad it does not break the whole computer! and reassign everything to dos, so none my main programs will now open, and this is all of them. What the ■■■■, i have never had a program do that.
Any one know how to get this back to normal. I have tried everything, but what ever fixes it. if i have to redo this whole comp because of that!
That is impossible and was probably just a coincidence. Opening a file in Notepad is perfectly safe as the process does not include executing any code within the file.
On the off chance that a particular set of bytes might’ve screwed up your system when reading binary data and displaying it as ASCII (something you’re not supposed to do anyways), it would be Microsoft’s problem and you should report that bug to them.
In all likelihood, you might have a virus, or your hard drive is corrupt.
Also, I was not aware MS-DOS was included still on Windows (DOS =/= Cmd Prompt). How old is your PC?
10 years or so. all i did was right click .sav file open it in notepad and when it did it changed every program to dos, the only way i can get on here is to run my project which opens epics launcher so i can get here or i could not even post this. If i try to open epics launcher by its exe or shortcut it will not open says its in dos mode along with everything else on my comp.
It has screwed up edge and chrome browsers. along with every ■■■■ program on my machine. only thing i can get to run is my project and can open my computer amazingly. that is it everything else is screwed up. Cant even open the ■■■■ command prompt.
“That is impossible and was probably just a coincidence.”
Go try it see what happens get ready to be p-i-s-s-e-d. Also all icons on desktop get reassigned the notepad icon. Just tried to run my old UDK project it messed it up also omfg. Screwed up adobe photoshop, screwed up my modeler, ■■■■ its all screwed up.
sure let me get it and just attach it here, send it thru this if i can. brb PlayersSaveSlot.sav (1.3 KB)
there ya go, be careful so it does not do that to yours.
Just found something on s mode, but mines not in s mode. That will not help me oh boy this is not looking good.
I’m on windows 10 pro. yeah that is what it looks like on mine, but check this out. This is what it did to edge and all the rest of my program when i click its exe to run each. Got paint to run to save this pic. Can not get photo shop to run.
If you can’t run the .exe, you’re gonna have to use the command prompt.
Extract downloaded ZIP.
Press Win + R on your keyboard to open the Run tool. Type CMD and hit enter.
Type cd "C:\path-to-folder\" , replacing “path-to-folder” with the actual folder location containing the downloaded .exe file. You may try typing “dir” to verify that the exe is in the folder. FYI: the “dir” command shows you the files in the working directory.
Type start "FAF x64.exe" or start "FAF x86.exe" depending on your system.
You can use this same procedure to run any exe until you fix the .exe file association. You could also try fixing the associations using the Registry Editor but that’s pretty advanced. Hope this helps.
thanks a ton will let you know what i come up with. Crossing fingers this will fix it. Thanks again.
Can not run it. It screwed up my system big time. i can not open command prompt, can not do nothing looks like its time for a fresh install. thank god i just backed up last night. Well what ever caused this needs fixed, its a nightmare waiting to happen again. I just called a dos guy i know, waiting to see what he can do. Will reply back, when i figure something out.
Ok i got it fixed but it is a bug on the os side. Do not check the box open with this progtram it will change all your exes and shorcuts into dos mode and you will not be able to open them. Luckily i had just did a restore point friday along with a backup. The restore point is what saved me.
So if you go to open a .sav file with anything, do not do it with the checkbox checked. You will screw up your whole comp. I got lucky and had a restore point that saved mine.
Now to the discussion of why was that extension even used, Some one had to know it would do that to exe files. If not, know they do and this should be changed, so that someone else does not do that. Maybe something that is friendly to being opened in notepad with out it reassigning all my exes to dos mode. I’m pretty sure you can open it in notepad just do not check the box. but i am not trying it.
Also what is all the garbage that is in that .sav file. All i put in was a FString and int32, kinda curious what the rest that c-r-a-p is and why are my items, that i want to save not encrypted, so it can not be read. Could just save into a config file and it be about the same, I know that will not crash my machine, if i want to look at it.
Not sure why this was under C++, so I’ve moved it to Off Topic, for lack of a better location.
I’m assuming that the .sav extension was used because its close to “save” and they are used for save files, so…
Unless you’re using a text editor like Notepad++ with the correct extension, the contents of .sav file will not be displayed in any meaningful way. That is because they are binary, not text or something that your basic text editor will interpret.
If you’re happy to roll your own save file system, you can swap it out for something that you can edit manually via a simple text editor.
For instance, we save our players custom items and over all loadouts as Json formatted text files.
Makes it easy for people to pass around and read in general.
get ready to be p-i-s-s-e-d. Also all icons on desktop get reassigned the notepad icon. Just tried to run my old UDK project it messed it up also omfg. Screwed up adobe photoshop, screwed up my modeler, ■■■■ its all screwed up.
