Where are important files saved?

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nekonoai:
If someone were to want to uninstall their current installation and reinstall a new version (like go from reloaded to razor or the "retail" arr), where are files kept which are important for backing up? I mean, of course, the hood data, the sim data, and everything else that's important to me so I don't have to start my GD stories over again. :P

Any help would be welcome. I don't trust EAxis to make it easy by putting everything in one place this time.

crunk:
I successfully ported my hoods over from Reloaded to retail by using the files saved in My Docs/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Saves. The game did reset my graphics settings/aging settings/fiddly things, but the house is running smoothly and I'm not missing any content.

morriganrant:
My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3
You will want Saves, which is your played games and Saved Sims, which I believe are the ones in the bin or downloaded and installed. I went from Reloaded to Razor and just snagged those two and screen shots with seemingly nothing lost. If you have been downloading store stuff you may want to snag Downloads, where the Sims3pack files are kept for the Launcher, if you went that route. DCCache which appears to be the actual installed objects from the store. InstalledWorlds, which would hold Riverview if you installed it. Exports, which is Lots or Sims that you marked for "sharing". The custom Music folder, if you put any in there. I have yet to figure out what the Library folder holds, maybe it is supposed to be books your sim has written? Maybe I take the name too literally. I still do not know what some of those Cache files are that are floating around loose in the Sims 3 folder.

jello:
Or you can just tell it to keep your save games and config data. Yes, I know--the game starts running instead of uninstalling, and will continue to do so every time you quit. But if you go to the task manager and kill TS3.exe, then the game will uninstall properly and you'll still have all your saves and config settings.

Plum:
Could Library be for custom recolored patterns? I have a couple of files in there, but my Sims haven't written any books. I'm looking for where the recolors I saved with style editor are to back those up, but am not seeing them. It's likely I'm just retarded, but if anyone knows what I need to back up for those please share the info.

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