@WoodySweetie It's still strange that the game would say it's storing your content in a different user folder. But as long as everything works now, there's not much point in worrying about it.
@WoodySweetie That happens sometimes, probably just Origin being annoying, but when it's done, you should be able to play. Are you able to launch the game, and do you now have a Sims 4 folder inside Documents > Electronic Arts?
Yes, I had assumed so haha. After playing I checked my files and nothing has appeared. My save from before did save as well and nothing had really changed.
@WoodySweetie If you load Sims 4 again, does your existing save show up? You'd see a Load Game button at the Main Menu. Click it and hover over the folder icon under the other save info: this will show the file path to the save. Please list that path here. You can write [username] instead of your actual username, but please leave the rest of the file path intact, and let me know if the username you see is different than the one for your Windows account.
If you don't see the save, please make a new one, save your progress, and exit to the Main Menu. Then list the file path to the new save as described above.
C:\Users\[Username]\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves\Slot_00000003.save
The username it uses is the one on my other account. I managed to find it and the Electronic Arts folder is in there with the Sims 4 folder in it. Thank you! Do I just put the EA Folder in my current documents folder?
@WoodySweetie Moving that Electronic Arts folder to the Documents folder for your current account wouldn't help: Sims 4 is looking for your user data in the other Documents folder and won't recognize it anywhere else. It's odd though that the game is using the folder of a different account. Have you taken steps to direct the contents of Documents in this account to the Documents folder in the other one, or to otherwise share across accounts?
If you haven't, or you're not sure, please open a File Explorer window, right-click on Documents, select Properties > Location, and post the file path you see. Again, you can write [username], but let me know whether it's pointing to this user account or the other one.
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