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Yes, yes there is, my dear Zanzil. Copy the "Age of Empires" folder from "My Games" (in My Documents), and there you go.

Oh, and don't forget... Zanzil's elixir gives you life!

Sheogorath:

Yes, yes there is, my dear Zanzil. Copy the "Age of Empires" folder from "My Games" (in My Documents), and there you go.

Oh, and don't forget... Zanzil's elixir gives you life!

Aoe 1 doesnt have a My Games folder 

Sheogorath:

Then check for a "Saved Game" (or similarly named) folder in your Age of Empires directory.

Well... savegame folder of course exist... BUT... that's only a savegames. They're only getting me back at the certain point of a single mission.

It's not a solution. Still no luck of backing up the profile... Where the hell is it

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With a few attempts on my virtual machine I've managed to find a solution. The key to success is the game0.nfo file in the main AOE directory AND two parameters in the registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Games\Age of Empires\1.00

'Game File Number' and 'PID' must be identical on both systems so it's all comes back to back up these two parameters from original Windows registry where the game was played and saved and import it on the new system with game0.nfo.

ive just tried that and didnt work,i exported the regedit file to my game installation file then done my computer again then double clicked on the reg file in my games directory to make HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Games\Age of Empires\1.00 but when i start the game no profile or campaigns are done

amurillo:

also if i were to open the game0.nfo with wordpad on windows 7 it just a load of weird writing

Did you copy this file from your old computer to the new one (in the correct place, of course)? His post seems to imply this is where the information is stored.

zanzi:

With a few attempts on my virtual machine I've managed to find a solution. The key to success is the game0.nfo file in the main AOE directory AND two parameters in the registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Games\Age of Empires\1.00

'Game File Number' and 'PID' must be identical on both systems so it's all comes back to back up these two parameters from original Windows registry where the game was played and saved and import it on the new system with game0.nfo.

I have played the original "Age of Empires" for a while and completed a couple of campaigns. I recently decided to install the expansion, "The Rise of Rome" mainly because of the many improvements like unit build queues etc. Naturally, I wanted my profile to appear in the games in the new "Age of Empires" folder (containing both a new original exe and the expansion exe). All I had to do was to copy the "game0.nfo" from the old, original "Age of Empires" folder to the new one. Thanks a lot, zanzi!