Information and Insight
Sniper 4 Elite profile files are located on your Windows boot drive:
C:\Users\[your_name]\AppData\Local\SniperElite4\PC_ProfileSaves\[your_profile_number]\

NOTE: To reveal the “AppData” folder:
• In the search box on the taskbar, type folder, and then select “Show hidden files and folders” from the search results.
• Select “Show hidden files, folders, and drives”, and then select OK.

The folder contains a number of files titled “Slot*.sav." The important ones are the “Slot0.sav” and “Slot1.sav.” It appears that when you complete various tasks and accomplishments that information is written to these two files. Both appear to contain duplicate information but the “Slot1.sav” is key to recovering your profile. Unfortunately, when your system crashes mid game, both of these files are corrupted and a default profile and game settings are loaded when you restart the game. The key to recovering your profile is to backup the “Slot1.sav” file frequenty. My habit is to backup the file after each game session and particularly after every promotion.

Recovery Process (Manual)
1. Go to the [your_profile_number] folder shown above and delete all the "Slot*.sav" files
2. Locate the “Slot1.sav” file you saved previously
3. Copy the “Slot1.sav” file to the \[your_profile_number]\ folder
4. Rename the “Slot1.sav” to “Slot0.sav” and restart Sniper 4
The game should load with your profile, game settings and rank intact.

Recovery Process (Automated)
Being the clever lad that I am, I decided to automate the process by writing a simple batch file to complete the profile backup and restore processes. I have provided the steps below. The batch file provided is non-destructive but I would suggest before using it for the first time that you copy the contents of the “PC_ProfileSaves” folder to a safe location in the event you need to restore its contents.
Happy Sniping
-RBH
 
What the Batch File Does
The batch file provides three options:
Option 1 – Backs up the file “Slot1.sav” from the “PC_ProfileSaves” folder to a location of your choosing
Option 2 – Deletes the files from the “PC_ProfileSaves” folder, copies “Slot1.sav” to the “PC_ProfileSaves” folder and renames the file “Slot0.sav”
Option 3 – Takes no action and exits the batch file

Create Your Batch File
1. Open Windows “Notepad” and copy and paste the text below
2. Edit the [your_name] , [your_file_folder] and [your_profile_number] sections to reflect your user name, file and folder locations, and profile number (mine was 17-digits long)
3. Save the file as a *.txt (i.e. “Sniper_Profile.txt”)
4. Rename the file with a *.bat file extension (i.e. “Sniper_Profile.bat”)
5. Finally create a desktop shortcut to the file

The Batch File
@echo off
echo.
echo.
echo **********************************************
echo ** This Program will Backup or Restore **
echo ** your Sniper 4 Profile **
echo **********************************************
echo ** Select "1" to Backup, "2" to Restore **
echo ** or "3" to Exit **
echo **********************************************

@echo off

CHOICE /C:123

If errorlevel 3 goto Exit
If errorlevel 2 goto Restore
If errorlevel 1 goto Copy

:Copy
Xcopy C:\Users\[your_name]\AppData\Local\SniperElite4\PC_ProfileSaves\[your_profile_number]\Slot1.sav
C:\[your_file_folder] /y

:Restore
Del C:\Users\[your_name]\AppData\Local\SniperElite4\PC_ProfileSaves\[your_profile_number]\ *.* /Q
Xcopy C:\[your_file_folder]\Slot1.sav C:\Users\[your_name]\AppData\Local\SniperElite4\PC_ProfileSaves\[your_profile_number]\
Rename C:\Users\[your_name]\AppData\Local\SniperElite4\PC_ProfileSaves\[your_profile_number]\Slot1.sav Slot0.sav

cls
echo.
echo.
echo ***********************************
echo ** File Copied Successfully! **
echo ***********************************
echo.
echo.
goto theEnd

:theEnd
pause

:exit