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Old 01/30/08, 11:19 AM   #1
 mustangsally
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Lost Screenshots

I am looking for some help to find my lost screenshots. I used to have no problem with them until I started using Vista, but now they have disappeared. They used to be in the standard C:\ProgramFiles\WorldofWarcraft\Screenshots folder but now all I see in there are old ones. Right after I capture a SS I can paste it directly into Word so I do know that they are being captured, but I would like to be able to save them automatically without having to open up Word each time I take one.

In my hunt for information on the internet I found the suggestion to try looking in C:\Users\<name>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Screenshots but I dont seem to be able to find this folder at all.

Does anyone have any ideas that might help me here?

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Old 01/30/08, 11:26 AM   #2
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They're probably in there, they are just going to be in the middle of the pack because of the way that Blizzard names its screenshot files. Change your view to sort by modified date and check again.

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Eh, my nostalgia goggles aren't as good as they used to be.

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Old 01/30/08, 11:27 AM   #3
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Browse to your screenshots folder and look for a button that says "Show compatability files."

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Old 01/30/08, 1:47 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Nite_Moogle View Post
They're probably in there, they are just going to be in the middle of the pack because of the way that Blizzard names its screenshot files. Change your view to sort by modified date and check again.
Yes. This is what I had to do when I changed computers and attempted to migrate my screenshots over. You will find them intermixed. Do sort by date.

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Old 01/30/08, 1:54 PM   #5
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Thanks for the help, I have found them. It had to do with the compatibility files thing. Thanks guys.

Last edited by mustangsally : 01/30/08 at 2:25 PM.

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Old 01/30/08, 3:06 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by mustangsally View Post
Thanks for the help, I have found them. It had to do with the compatibility files thing. Thanks guys.
Just to expand on this, since it appears to have been the solution, is the difference in user name chosen for your new installation compared to whatever the user name was before you copied your (or created) new stuff into that folder.

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