Saved Games, from campaign, do not load

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It’s an unmentioned bonus feature of Warcraft 3 that hasn’t been fixed since 2002. It occurs, whenever a new update arrives.

Follow this guide to avoid it:

How to prevent save game loss [Workaround guide]

Note: This will not work if you have already updated. Sadly, it has become necessary to make this post. Updating breaks campaign saves. They just stop working - no error message, nothing. If you’re in the middle of a long campaign mission - the Rexxar campaign in particular, it’s frustrating to lose hours and hours of progress. This guide is to explain how to stop the game from updating, thus [temporarily] preserving your saves, and allow you to finish the mission you’re currently on. Credit …