Where is that folder for the screenshots

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i play this game very often and the graphics are great.. sadly though, each time i take pics of it it tells me it's in a folder on my C: drive that doesn't exist.. can anyone help

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

It does exist! It's just hidden by default, so you'll have to go into your Explorer folder options and make sure it's set to display hidden files & folders.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Actually, some time during the Entrenchment beta, my screenshots folder disappeared, it was supposed to be (in Vista) in

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Screenshots, right? (Sorry for threadjacking)

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Yes, and mine is still in there. It probably disappeared after the reinstall, but should be added when you actually take one :P

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

I've been hitting the printscreen key pretty frequently (and have confirmed that it is bound for screen capturing), but still nothing has appeared. Even the text "Saved screenshot at.." doesn't appear. This is with Entrenchment, haven't tried in vanilla.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Annatar11, reply 1
It does exist! It's just hidden by default, so you'll have to go into your Explorer folder options and make sure it's set to display hidden files & folders.
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Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Quoting weaponx0219, reply 5

Quoting Annatar11, reply 1It does exist! It's just hidden by default, so you'll have to go into your Explorer folder options and make sure it's set to display hiddenfiles & folders.

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I went in there and there is not options to change in the Explorer folder. my system is Vista so is it different from XP?

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

Even the text "Saved screenshot at.." doesn't appear. This is with Entrenchment, haven't tried in vanilla.
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If it's not even doing that, try rebinding the screenshot function to a different key in the options. Some people have found that Vista does not always work with prntscrn.

I went in there and there is not options to change in the Explorer folder. my system is Vista so is it different from XP?
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Pretty sure it's similar, but I don't have a Vista machine handy to double check, sorry.

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

Here's a How-To for Vista with screenshots: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/show-hidden-files-and-folders-in-windows-vista/ Only the AppData folder is hidden on that path.

 

If it's not even doing that, try rebinding the screenshot function to a different key in the options. Some people have found that Vista does not always work with prntscrn.
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Thanks Kryo, that did it :thumbsup: I tried to rebind it back to printscreen, but the game didn't detect that i pressed it, so that's most likely the problem.