*Found after lots of trial, error, and patience — because the game hides it well.*

After searching through every possible forum and checking all the usual directories, I discovered that the game was saving to an alternative path, even though the `goglog.ini` file in the game’s root folder was pointing to the default location:

C:\Users\username\Documents\Thief - Deadly Shadows

That folder did exist — but in reality, the game was saving to a hidden directory:

C:\ProgramData\Documents\Thief - Deadly Shadows\SaveGames


Now, if this doesn't help you directly, maybe the method I used will.

I'm just a girl who doesn't like to give up (even if I don’t know much about programming), so I asked ChatGPT for help and discovered a tool called Process Monitor, because software like Everything and PowerShell commands weren’t picking up the recently saved files — probably due to the folder being hidden.

So, here’s what I did:

1. I launched Process Monitor and let it run in the background.
2. I opened the game, created a new save, and wrote down the exact time it was saved (since the game shows the timestamp).
3. In Process Monitor, I added this filter:
`Process Name is T3Main.exe then Include`
4. Then I searched for that exact time in the "Time of Day" column.
5. It listed tons of processes, but near the end I found in the "Path" column exactly where the file was saved.

I believe this method can help anyone trying to find where a game is saving its files — especially when the saves are hidden like this.

Hope this helps someone out there!

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Do you have the Sneaky Upgrade patch installed? If so, which version? And which Windows version are you running?