I need help getting my game back please! Half is missing! Options

[SoulBinder]

Hi. I'm not good with the technologies. I just transfered a game I've been making for about 5 years to my newly reformatted computer. I've done this before and there were no problems.

Something went wrong. Now I only have the characters that I had a long time ago, and weaponry and such, none of the new ones. The maps are deleted too, most all of them. However, I know I grabbed the right file because it has additions to it that I had put in days before. In fact, one of the few remaining maps has all the modifications and events that I gave it just a few days ago.

I see a lot of map names listed in the file, so I believe all the information is still there. It just won't access it... Does anyone know why?

(In other words, my Database is now the same as it was a long time ago, while alll of my files in the folders are all contemporary. What happened to my Database?!)

[Cherry]

Before you do anything else: Are you running Windows Vista or 7?

Go to your project folder in Explorer and see if there is a "Compatibility files" button on the blue bar. If it is, click it. Whoosh, there are your files. Back them up, and next time don't save your project inside of C:\Program Files anymore, but use "Documents" instead.