I hope so too :’)
I will follow this link you sent me and report back. Thank you for your help!
Hi again!
So, I actually found your video on Youtube and I followed every step and it turned out when I first downloaded Sims to my external hard drive, it created a symlink that is titled "Electronic Arts" which was modified on December 31st, 1969 ?? But, it's not a folder.. I have no clue what it is. When I click on it, an error comes up that says "The operation can't be completed because the original item for 'Electronic Arts' can't be found"
I'll provide a photo.
In the video, I noticed that you had the EA folder on your internal hard drive at first, and you were able to successfully relocate it to your external drive, but I never had it downloaded to my internal hard drive in the first place because I didn't have space.
So, I followed this video last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP4yTEIyyBk&t=584s&pp=ygUbc2ltcyBvbiBleHRlcm5hbCBoYXJkIGRyaXZl
As a result, I was able to get it working for a while.. until it stopped this week.
When I went back to follow your steps, it didn't work. As.. I never had a document there to begin with. Is there any hope? Do I have to just start over?
Any help is appreciated!
1st photo: Documents on Internal Drive -- I do not have an EA folder there, I don't think I ever did..
2nd photo: The documents on my external hard drive that used to work.
@renaabean wrote:
Hi again!
So, I actually found your video on Youtube and I followed every step and it turned out when I first downloaded Sims to my external hard drive, it created a symlink that is titled "Electronic Arts" which was modified on December 31st, 1969 ?? But, it's not a folder.. I have no clue what it is. When I click on it, an error comes up that says "The operation can't be completed because the original item for 'Electronic Arts' can't be found"
The symllinked file you created is correct but it cannot find the original folder moved to the external drive. This could be because you have launched the game without having the drive plugged in.
In the video, I noticed that you had the EA folder on your internal hard drive at first, and you were able to successfully relocate it to your external drive, but I never had it downloaded to my internal hard drive in the first place because I didn't have space.
So, I followed this video last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP4yTEIyyBk&t=584s&pp=ygUbc2ltcyBvbiBleHRlcm5hbCBoYXJkIGRyaXZl As a result, I was able to get it working for a while.. until it stopped this week.
You absolutely did have the Electronic Arts folder on your internal drive initially, it would never be created anywhere else. The video you followed is using my written guide to create the symlink and it worked for you.
When I went back to follow your steps, it didn't work. As.. I never had a document there to begin with. Is there any hope? Do I have to just start over?
No it didn't because you already have a functioning symlink. Reverse it and do it again.
I followed your reversal instructions, and I am still getting the error. :-(
In the second screenshot, I copied the codes exactly while substituting my external hard drive's name - I just cut it off for privacy purposes.
I think there is something deeper going on perhaps, and maybe I just have to start all over- I have no clue.
