Windows game crashes when trying to save any file

invasionzames

Greenhorn
This has happened to me twice now. I'll be playing for many hours, and then when I try to save the game it will crash. The save file will then disappear from the game. But if I try and start a BRAND NEW save file, the game will crash when saving THAT file too. I was able to "fix" the problem by completely resetting the game and being forced to delete my 170+ hour save file. But then the same problem happened again, and now when I try deleting everything to fix the game it doesn't work anymore. (i downloaded SMAPI at this time, so maybe that's what's preventing me from deleting everything? To clarify, this problem was occurring before I had SMAPI, hence why I'm posting it under the non-modded section)
I've been looking all around the internet but I haven't found any other stories that match my experience exactly. I've never had this problem with any other steam games either.
I'm at a loss at what to do. I really like playing this game, but I don't understand what's wrong. The official guide on how to fix a corrupted save file is useless because NONE of my save files are functional, and I cannot start a new one.
I emailed the official support line but haven't received a response in a week. I'm hoping someone on here could have some ideas on what to do. Thank you.
 
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