I've had to reinstall the game recently, but I still have my saves folders, and when i do "show folder", it doesn't change a thing... Gog tells me i played 19h as i did but i can only play a new game, help?

You can't just show Galaxy (*not* GOG) a backed up folder. Your saved games have to be put back where the game can find them, namely:

%USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Witcher 3\gamesaves\

So, if you have your 'gamesaves' folder backed up, you need to put that folder back into...

%USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Witcher 3\

well, that's what i've already done, and it doesn't work... thanks anyway

Then contact support.

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how old are your saves? are they like Ver 1.0 with no DLC or are they 1.3. I've had issues where I've gone back into a game nearly 2 years later only to find that "old saves" are not recognized with the updates
witcher 3 save bug

well i've tried all that but I can't find the patch on galaxy... that's exactly the problem i'm having though. I still have some .settings , . bak? and some pictures in a gamesaves folder, and i tried to copy paste it with my game files (i took the game from my local disk to another one" and it just doesnt change a thing

If your saves are old there is *nothing* you can do. They have to be compatible with the version of the game you're playing -- you will not find any patches on Galaxy. The game is updated to the latest.