I want my saved game files held locally, how do I do that?

You are wrong sir, cause I have those setting selected. Launched the game, closed it and then cut off the net connection and launched it.

No one is signed in, the game will not save. Push any button to continue.

Edit: For clarity when I do hit any button its as if no one has ever played the game before, all my settings don't exist and I have the NEW GAME option instead of continue.

Xbox game saves on both console and PC, are held locally and use the cloud as a backup. However, there are several steps to play games offline on PC as you have to prepare your Windows 10 and each game you want do do it for (at this time - it may change
in the future.)

Click here for a detailed description of how to do this.

Hope this helped you out.

Thank you, I will try this and let you know tomorrow how it goes. I have been connected to the internet while playing and saving for sure. After deleting the save games I logged back in and it took a long time to sync but was so upset that the most recent save was from back in November 22 so much progress lost!

I really hope this fix works, thank you!

You're welcome and please no rush. Let's hope for the best!

Hey Emma!

Nice to meet you! I'm Darhyl, a fellow gamer. I'm sorry you are experiencing this. I am here to help.

If I may ask, were you able to connect to the internet every time you play the game Skyrim?

If the answer is yes, kindly try to remove your Xbox account > restart the console > re-add your Xbox account > check and re-sync your profile to the cloud one more time.

Try to go to a different console if possible (e.g. visiting a friend or neighbor with a Xbox One), and sign in with your account. If the game downloads your save game intact, you can recover it.

If the console hasn't deleted the game from the cloud yet, please remove your Microsoft account from your console > restart your console > re-add your Microsoft account > then check to see if it works here's how to remove your account:

1.Press the Xbox button  to open the guide.

2.Select Profile & system > Settings > Account > Remove accounts.

3.Select the account that you want to remove, and then select Remove to confirm.

> then restart your console and proceed with the next steps. You've got nothing to worry as this will not delete your saved data progress. Then re-add your account and you can go to My Games and Apps, move to the game tile, and press the Menu button.

Choose to manage the game, and there delete the local save game copy.

If you then start the game, it'll download the save state from the cloud, similar to when you visited your friend/neighbor.

If the save game however is gone in the cloud as well or it syncs with the old saved data that you had, then it is no longer possible to retrieve it.

I would highly recommend having your console connected to the internet/ Xbox Live to make sure your games will be saved to Local and Cloud as well.

Please take your time and let me know if it works.

Reference links:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/...

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/account-pro...