help (lost stuff)

[iy9k]

i updated obs studios to 28.0.2 (from idk what version of 27.0 that I was on) and I lost everything OBS related, from settings to scenes to scene collections to my profile, please help how do I recover them

 

[.norman.]

i do not know for sure how to resolve this, but i would start by double checking

%AppData%\obs-studio\basic

there should be folders there that have your profile and scene data. maybe you can try and import them from there. if not, i have no idea.

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

Always a good idea to know where your app stores its settings, and to have backups before major changes/upgrades

 

[iy9k]

i do not know for sure how to resolve this, but i would start by double checking

%AppData%\obs-studio\basic

there should be folders there that have your profile and scene data. maybe you can try and import them from there. if not, i have no idea.

in that location, i cant find any of my profiles and scenes except for the default one created by OBS when you download it

 

[.norman.]

in that location, i cant find any of my profiles and scenes except for the default one created by OBS when you download it

oof, i don't know what else to recommend. is there maybe another obs-studio folder in the %AppData% folder? maybe it was installed to a custom location.

 

[iy9k]

Always a good idea to know where your app stores its settings, and to have backups before major changes/upgrades

i didnt expect OBS to do that, knowing that its also a popular application, I'm being reminded by the times where people lost data from updating their android phones in like 2015

 

[iy9k]

oof, i don't know what else to recommend. is there maybe another obs-studio folder in the %AppData% folder? maybe it was installed to a custom location.

%appdata%\obs-studio-node-server which has nothing relevant except for a settings.bat file (at least I think .bat)
C:\Program Files (x86)\obs-studio which idk what it has

 

[.norman.]

i didnt expect OBS to do that, knowing that its also a popular application, I'm being reminded by the times where people lost data from updating their android phones in like 2015

yea, it should not have happened, i upgraded a few weeks ago and mine went smooth and i didn't lose anything.

 

[.norman.]

%appdata%\obs-studio-node-server which has nothing relevant except for a settings.bat file (at least I think .bat)
C:\Program Files (x86)\obs-studio which idk what it has

the files/folders located in this directory are the binaries and plugins that run OBS, there should not be any user data stored there.

 

[iy9k]

the files/folders located in this directory are the binaries and plugins that run OBS, there should not be any user data stored there.

weird, ill try using an application called "everything" to search for more OBS files

 

[iy9k]

weird, ill try using an application called "everything" to search for more OBS files

no useful results

 

[iy9k]

i can atleast catch a lucky break for now as streamlabs has my scenes saved from obs (well, not everything but the most important scenes and scene collections are there)

 

[.norman.]

i can atleast catch a lucky break for now as streamlabs has my scenes saved from obs (well, not everything but the most important scenes and scene collections are there)

maybe you can import them back from there.

 

[iy9k]

maybe you can import them back from there.

already did, but i have to redo the settings, which isn't a problem to me

 

[.norman.]

already did, but i have to redo the settings, which isn't a problem to me

in the future, I highly recommend making use of the Export option under Scene Collection and Profile menus in OBS

 

[iy9k]

in the future, I highly recommend making use of the Export option under Scene Collection and Profile menus in OBS

i prob will