# Recovering an old auto-save file

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**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 16, 2018, 11:47pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/recovering-an-old-auto-save-file/2456 "2018-03-16T23:47:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/recovering-an-old-auto-save-file/2456/10 "2018-03-18T09:10:58Z")

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@ema it really is quite simple:

the autosave slot is called Savegame1, the others are named Savegame2,… up to Savegame9  
the savegame consists of the .save file and a .png for the thumbnail  
So copy/rename any manually saved game and its thumbnail to Savegame1 to put it back in the autosave slot  
Or vice versa copy the Savegame1.\* files to another one to make a manual save in another slot

Note that you can use the same technique to copy additional save-points in the game without being limited to 9 savegame slots.

No need to worry about the save.dat file (it is recreated on the fly)

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