Can't Delete Saved Games

[ERLoft]

Ok, this is pretty weird.

My game runs fine. No worries there.

However, since the newest patch, I decided to clean up my old saved games that I won't be resuming. However, when I try to delete them in Windows Explorer, Explorer crashes. I've tested and checked, and ONLY the Civ4 Saved Games files cause this crash. Explorer crashes and exits if I:

1) Right click on any Civ4 saved game file.
2) Click on any Civ4 saved game file and hit the 'Delete' key.

Any ideas what's up with this? I've also tried to do it via the command prompt, but had no success. When I've done this, it says it can't find the file, although it's clearly listed using the 'dir' command. I am able to copy the files using wildcards to another directory, but attempting to right click on them with Explorer results in the same crash in the new directory as well. I can then delete the files by deleting the entire folder.

Double clicking on the saved game file causes Civ4 to launch and then load the game.

If needed, here's my system specs:

Computer:
Computer Name E-PUTER (Eric's Computer)
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
User Name Eric Loft

Motherboard:
BIOS Type Award (10/21/05)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
CPU Type DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2376 MHz (11 x 216)
Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce4, AMD Hammer
Motherboard Name Unknown
System Memory 2048 MB (DDR SDRAM)

Display:
3D Accelerator nVIDIA G70
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT (256 MB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT (256 MB)
Monitor Default Monitor (47203093TA)
Monitor NEC LCD1935NXM (Digital) [19" LCD] (47203093TA)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter nVIDIA MCP04 - Audio Codec Interface

Storage:
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller
IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller Silicon Image SiI 3114 SoftRaid 5 Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 6Y200P0 (200 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Disk Drive Maxtor 6B250R0 (250 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Disk Drive WDC WD2500JD-00KLB0 (232 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive SONY DVD RW DRU-710A (DVD+R9:2.4x, DVD+RW:16x/4x, DVD-RW:8x/4x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/24x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
Optical Drive SONY DVD-ROM DDU1622 (16x/40x DVD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 138999 MB (122404 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 100366 MB (61776 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 102398 MB (70340 MB free)
F: (NTFS) 92067 MB (68444 MB free)
G: (NTFS) 103324 MB (85943 MB free)
H: (NTFS) 71680 MB (13233 MB free)
I: (NTFS) 63459 MB (32559 MB free)
Total Size 656.5 GB (444.0 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse HID-compliant mouse
Mouse HID-compliant mouse
Mouse Logitech HID-compliant G3/MX518 Optical Mouse
Game Controller Microsoft PC-joystick driver
Game Controller Microsoft PC-joystick driver

Network:
Network Adapter Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (192.168.1.101)

Peripherals:
Printer hp officejet 5500 series fax
Printer hp officejet 5500 series
USB1 Controller nVIDIA MCP04 - OHCI USB Controller
USB2 Controller nVIDIA MCP04 - EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
USB Device General Purpose USB Hub
USB Device Generic USB Hub
USB Device Logitech Extreme 3D Pro USB
USB Device Logitech USB G3 (MX518) Optical Mouse
USB Device Nostromo n52 HID SpeedPad 2.0 Mouse Wheel
USB Device Nostromo n52 HID SpeedPad 2.0
USB Device USB Composite Device

 

[ERLoft]

Ok, lots of views, no replies.

Can anyone confirm or refute this problem on their system? I'd appreciate it if someone could try to delete saved game files & let me know if you encounter the same problems as I have!

 

[aronk76]

Just went in last night and deleted out all my old "Saves" and "Auto Saves." I had no problems with them being dleted. Might be something with your computer configuration.

 

[warpstorm]

No prob for me either.