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Kkffoo_sims
11 years ago
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Can I move my EA folder onto another drive?

I already have the main program installed to my D drive after choosing that option at installation, but the EA folder has landed  on my C drive. My C drive is very small and I would prefer to store ...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    I have my Origin install directory and Games folder frequently not installed in the default locations.

    Some things are still stored on the Profile like David said.  AppData/local/Origin for example.

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    When you move the Games folder you just need to remap it in origin's settings.  If you want to move Origin, I uninstall it and reinstall it where I want it.  Can't say I've ever tested just moving the folder, might work but not sure.  Uninstalling Origin does not remove games so that's why I choose to uninstall it.

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    Since your talking about storing Mods and Screenshots elsewhere... those I believe go to "Documents" which would be on the C: Drive Profile likely.

    You can get around this by using a symbolic link.  MKLink

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link

    http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/278262-mklink-create-use-links-windows.html

    I used this a lot back in the days of $300 60gb SSDs and we were paranoid of wearing out the drives from writes.

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EA_David
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11 years ago

Can you list the filepath for the folder in question? There are some things that must be stored on C, but they tend to not be very big

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
11 years ago

I have my Origin install directory and Games folder frequently not installed in the default locations.

Some things are still stored on the Profile like David said.  AppData/local/Origin for example.

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When you move the Games folder you just need to remap it in origin's settings.  If you want to move Origin, I uninstall it and reinstall it where I want it.  Can't say I've ever tested just moving the folder, might work but not sure.  Uninstalling Origin does not remove games so that's why I choose to uninstall it.

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Since your talking about storing Mods and Screenshots elsewhere... those I believe go to "Documents" which would be on the C: Drive Profile likely.

You can get around this by using a symbolic link.  MKLink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/278262-mklink-create-use-links-windows.html

I used this a lot back in the days of $300 60gb SSDs and we were paranoid of wearing out the drives from writes.

  • ValkArie04's avatar
    ValkArie04
    8 years ago

    Hi, I'm having a problem. I downloaded Origin and The Sims 4 onto my Hard Drive, but for some reason my Sims 4 save files keep download to my C: Drive. I've tried finding a way to redirect my save files to my hard drive, but everywhere I look it's either not what I'm looking for, or there is too complicated directions. So I was wondering if you could find/make a video explaining step by step directions and showing what to do so It's a little easier for me to figure out. I have alot of mods I would like to se in my sims game and very little space on my laptop to do so, can you please help? Thanks

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