thanks ladycfii, i went ahead and did but a strange thing happened. i didnt save anything cause i didnt mind starting over and so i uninstalled it. i went to my internet tools option and deleted files. i then reinstalled it and all my original games are still there! how did that happen? i get a bit confused when it comes to this computer stuff but i thought uninstalling the game would remove everything. is there something else i should do to completely remove everything? it also didnt fix my problem i was having with my dead villagers.