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Neovei's avatar
2 years ago

Moving EA Folder WITHOUT just moving Documents Folder due to OneDrive

I do NOT want to simply "Just tell your computer to set documents as somewhere else for Onedrive to copy from instead".  Because I LIKE knowing my documents, my ACTUAL important documents to me are backed up on onedrive SHOULD I need them or for whatever reason my computer dies.  I can not simply deselect the EA Folder because you CAN'T deselect anything within your documents folder 'cause Onedrive just don't work like that anymore.  i am hating seeing Onedrive complain at me about trying to sync several hundred edited files every time I open Sims 4.

I want to know how I can just move my Electronic Arts folder, and ONLY that, from Documents SOMEWHERE ELSE without stopping Onedrive from securely backing up everything else in my documents AS I LIKE IT.  It should not be this complicated.

6 Replies

  • Neovei's avatar
    Neovei
    2 years ago

    @Caerfinon Will doing so prevent Onedrive from updating the Electronic Arts folder on itself every time?

  • Caerfinon's avatar
    Caerfinon
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago

    @NeoveiData made available by the symbolic link should not be backed up by OneDrive to the cloud.

  • Caerfinon's avatar
    Caerfinon
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    @Neovei the issue then needs to be addressed with Microsoft.

    I get around the issue by disabling the sync and backup in OneDrive entirely in OnDrive Settings

    Then I specifically designate the folders I want OneDrive to backup from the OneDrive Account tab in settings.

    I leave my Documents folder to the programs that insist on only storing their data there and all my important files are held in folders of my own creation on drives of my choosing.
  • Neovei's avatar
    Neovei
    2 years ago

    @Caerfinon Which unfortunately leaves me back at square one, as I DON'T want to need to do that.  I shouldn't NEED to need to do that.  Thank you for the attempt, though.