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LolaLikesC4's avatar
3 years ago
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Can't install EA folder in D drive

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to move my electronic arts/sims4 folder to my D drive from my C drive. My C drive is full and I need a lot of space. The game itself is installed in the D d...
  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    3 years ago

    @LolaLikesC4  You'll need to use a symbolic link to direct Sims 4 to use a folder on D rather than the default Documents > Electronic Arts location.  Here's how:

    https://crinrict.com/blog/2020/02/moving-windows-documents-folder-to-external-drive-via-symbolic-link.html

    If you get an error when running the command to create the symlink itself (the one that starts with MKLINK), try using the full file path to the folder rather than %USERPROFILE%.  For example, if your username was Name, the command could look like one of these, depending on whether the original was in OneDrive or not:

    MKLINK /J “C:\Users\Name\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4” “D:\The Sims 4”

    MKLINK /J “C:\Users\Name\OneDrive\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4” “D:\The Sims 4”

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