Re: EA Sims 4 files stored on C drive

That link was super helpful!!! My partner was able to figure it out from there! Thank you so much!! It's created the shortcut for it and the space is nice and clear! Thank you so much for your help.

Wow okay, very convenient timing. My link isn't working now. 

I'm using MKLINK /J “%UserProfile%\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4” “G:\The Sims 4”

G being my folder name. Its coming up with this (see attatched).
I followed that link to the T and it worked once but not now. CMD is administrator, my text file is in my EA folder etc. 

Is this something foreign or am I doing something wrong. I'll attach some more images.

Super sorry this seemed fixed!

@TacticianRT  I don't see any issue in your screenshots.  To be thorough, are you sure the drive was plugged in and recognized when you tried to create the symlink?  Were you signed into the same user account as before?  Did you restart your computer and try again?  Sometimes that's all it takes to fix a problem.

If none of that helps, try using the exact file path rather than %userprofile% in the command.  So you'd write out C:\Users\[your username]\Documents etc. for the file path.

@TacticianRT   My guess is that %UserProfile% is a system environment variable that is maybe created by the game installer. That variable is probably set to C:\Users\(user name) when it is created - that is what mine is set to. Not knowing who created it or why my advise is to leave it alone except to read it. Create the symbolic link to the drive letter assigned to the destination device. rather then a variable. When creating the symbolic link the process creates an invisible file in the source folder. When that folder is accessed by the operating system it looks for this file. If it finds the file the operating system redirects the call. If the destination is a USB device the drive designation can (and sometime does) change depending on how it is loaded.  The fact that it worked once is an indication that variable may be used by something else also (quite possible). I don't use USB storage devices other then very temporary use. I have NAS  boxes for a more permanent solution. btw - There is a way to assign a permanent letter to a usb storage device.