Well I tried what you suggested. I copied my TDU folder in My Documents to my desktop, started TDU, closed it again, and then copy/pasted my files back into the TDU folder in My Documents. It still doesn't work and all I'm greeted with when I open TDU is this:
http://74.52.147.194/~devilthe/uploads/1245696005.png
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I think all my saved game progress is gone because in my saved games folder there are two "playersave" folders. I delete one or the other and the game is still the same. I started a new game when this happened to see what would happen and I think now I'm really screwed.
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