Where are the save files located?

[BetterBite]

Im trying to find the save files. I can't find them ANY. WHERE.

[Bloax]

The obvious questions are "what OS" and "how did you install openxcom"?

if it's winblows and "using the 1.0 installer" then the answer is
C:\Users\Bollocks\Documents\OpenXcom\xcom1

[ivandogovich]

Alternately, search "*.sav" on your system.  It should return all your save files.

[BetterBite]

Ok nothing told me the save files are not saved in the application folder but in documents.

[7Saturn]

That's how it's supposed to be, regardless of how installed... The exact folder in your user folder is a different matter. Bit user files belong nowhere else than the users folder...

[Solarius Scorch]

I'll use this opportunity that in Microsoft whoever decided that saves should be located at some enforced folder on C: should be slowly consumed by a pack of Silacoids.

[Meridian]

I have accidentally deleted a post from a new user today... fat finger on a phone.
Sorry.

Attached is the original from pierrotblue: "I lost al my savegames when I did a backup... Put the savegames in the game folder."