- Oct 7, 2017
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The file extension shouldn't impact the ability to read in save files. The issue you are probably encountering is that a lot of text editing programs will replace the standard \n line endings with Windows style \r\n line endings, which will cause problems when trying to load the file.Have you double checked to make sure your save files are "File" type and not ".txt" or something else? I fiddled around and was able to replicate what you described by opening the saves with Notepad, OpenOffice, Rich Text Document, etc. and every time the file was saved as anything other than "File" the issues described would occur.
My advice would be, should you open the save files for any reason, to copy the original file and then use "save as" on the one you've opened and making especially sure it's saved as "File" and not ".txt" or anything else.
No clue why someone would open a save file though... none at all.
If you want to edit the save files, something like Notepad++ is the safest bet.