Where Are The Gray Garden Save Files Located?
Where The Gray Garden keeps its RPG Maker 2000 lsd saves on PC, and how to stop them vanishing on relaunch.
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The Gray Garden keeps saves as numbered lsd files next to the game itself. The RPG Maker 2000 engine writes that layout with a system file beside the slots. No Steam release exists, so freeware folders are the whole story.
Running from inside a ZIP reader or a protected folder breaks saving silently. Extract fully into a plain path before starting a run. Copy the numbered set plus the system file together for backup. Guard flags and affinity values share the lsd files, so copy the set whole. Keep zips extracted before playing.
Where The Gray Garden stores this, by platform
[GameFolder]\Save01.lsd
Freeware folder saves in 2K lsd format with a system file beside them. No Steam copy exists. Extract fully and avoid protected paths.
Frequently asked questions
My Gray Garden saves disappear on relaunch. How do I fix it?
Extract the game into its own normal folder outside any ZIP reader and outside Program Files. Saves must sit next to the game exe or the engine drops them on relaunch. Protected folders redirect writes into the VirtualStore mirror instead.
Where are Gray Garden saves if I ran from Program Files?
Open the VirtualStore mirror of the game folder under Local app data and copy the lsd files back next to the exe. Running from a protected path without admin rights diverts every write there. Move the game folder out to stop the split.
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