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xnannyboox
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3 months ago
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43+ GB of CC not reading in Mods folder anymore

I have been a long-time simmer and I took a break from playing back in November 2024 to now.  I updated the game with the recent update and went in, re-enabled Mods & CC, but the game is no longer re...
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custom content (cc)
  • xnannyboox's avatar
    xnannyboox
    2 months ago

    puzzlezaddict​ hi! Thank you so much for taking the time to come over and check out my thread! I actually was able to figure out my issue the other night after Luth sent the link to check out how the game finds the file folder.  My D drive is internal, and a while ago (years ago) I had moved my Documents over to that drive but when I had done so I had done it incorrectly, making my entire Documents folder the D drive rather than just stored on that (if that makes sense) and I had left it that way for a while because I couldn't be bothered to fix it and Sims had no problem finding where I had moved the folder.  BUT I had jusstttt recently fixed that mistake and remembered doing so after Luth sent that link and I replied with the screenshot.  I changed my Documents back to its original location on my C drive, tested the game that way, and it worked! I had seen that the game was seeing the files in the Public Documents folder instead of my personal though, so I had to run a regedit to fix my mistake of incorrectly moving my Documents onto the D drive from long ago.  That solved all of my problems! 😄

    Thank you luthienrising​ for all of your help throughout this and bringing in the extra support from puzzlezaddict as well! 💚

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puzzlezaddict
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2 months ago

xnannyboox​  Luth asked me to take a look at your thread since it looks more like a system issue.  Just to cover all bases, please confirm that the cc you're testing is in exactly the right location by right-clicking a file and selecting Properties > General.  You'll see the Location there.

Please also let me know whether your D drive is internal or external, and if external, what format it has.  To check, click Windows key-X, select Disk Management, and have a look at the details.

Finally, I do notice in your most recent screenshot that the file path is odd, in that it has a forward slash after D rather than a back slash like the others.  This isn't standard for Windows: a file path should start with [drive letter]:\ every time.  So maybe this is another symptom of whatever is going on.

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xnannyboox
New Rookie
2 months ago

puzzlezaddict​ hi! Thank you so much for taking the time to come over and check out my thread! I actually was able to figure out my issue the other night after Luth sent the link to check out how the game finds the file folder.  My D drive is internal, and a while ago (years ago) I had moved my Documents over to that drive but when I had done so I had done it incorrectly, making my entire Documents folder the D drive rather than just stored on that (if that makes sense) and I had left it that way for a while because I couldn't be bothered to fix it and Sims had no problem finding where I had moved the folder.  BUT I had jusstttt recently fixed that mistake and remembered doing so after Luth sent that link and I replied with the screenshot.  I changed my Documents back to its original location on my C drive, tested the game that way, and it worked! I had seen that the game was seeing the files in the Public Documents folder instead of my personal though, so I had to run a regedit to fix my mistake of incorrectly moving my Documents onto the D drive from long ago.  That solved all of my problems! 😄

Thank you luthienrising​ for all of your help throughout this and bringing in the extra support from puzzlezaddict as well! 💚

  • Leydi_Tee's avatar
    Leydi_Tee
    Seasoned Vanguard
    2 months ago

    If I can throw this out there for you to look into if you'd like, there's a way to get the game to read your Document in your D drive as opposed to your C drive. There was a video or two on YT that explained how to do that. I had success with it up until my laptop's hard drive died on me (I no longer have that laptop). 

    The only warning I can give you is that if you are not confident with computers or are not a tech savvy person, don't do it. I don't want for you to mess anything up. Well, there's that.

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