@jlstrotman Games generally have two sets of files: the program files, which are the core game files and which you can choose to install wherever you want; and the user data files, which contain information about your saved progress, settings, created content, etc. The user data files are typically stored in a subfolder0 within Documents, for example the Sims 4 data is in Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4. The game will always look for the data here, and if you cut and paste the folder elsewhere, a new one will spawn in its place.
So please check what's in the folder on your C drive. If in fact Origin is installing program files on C, that should be fixable. If you're looking at the files in Documents, that's a different issue. Let me know if you'd like them to be saved elsewhere. And it would also help to know which game you're playing.
The files are being saved to the Documents/Electronic Arts folder. A new one generates each time I start the game (after being deleted). I have my saved games backed up on a removable hard drive while trying to fix this issue. I am trying to move this Doc folder since it’s filling up my C drive while my D drive is almost completely empty.
I’m playing Sims 3 on Windows 10.
Thank you!!
@jlstrotman I've split your posts into their own thread, since the other thread was a bit old and might get closed.
The easiest way to move your Sims 4 user data folder to D is to redirect Documents in its entirety to that drive. This is fairly simple and is supported by Windows.
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-move-default-user-folders-new-drive-windows-10
(You don't need to move any other folders unless you want to.) If you would prefer that Documents stay on C but the Sims 4 folder be on D, there's a way to do that too, but it's more complicated. These instructions are written with an external drive in mind, but they work equally well with an internal one:
Thank you, I will give it a go!
