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@MeanXeno I've moved your post to the master thread for this type of issue. Please see the first post on page one, particularly the "I want to get rid of OneDrive" section. The short answer is, Sims 4 uses the Documents folder that Windows has designated as the proper Documents directory. Change the Windows setting and the game will follow.
Thanks for the help! That's all it took. It would still be nice to be able to tell the Sims 4 to save my savegames to a custom location though. I'm trying to keep all my game related content on a separate SSD from the Windows Default documents location. If you happen to know if there's a way to do that then please let me know.
- puzzlezaddict2 years agoHero+
@MeanXeno You can create a symbolic link:
If you get an error when running the second command, use the full file path rather than %UserProfile% as written. For example, you'd probably be writing one of these:
C:\Users\your username\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4
C:\Users\your username\OneDrive\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4
You can right-click any file or folder and select Properties > General to find the full file path.
@Hannagrynt I've merged your post with the master thread for this issue. Please see the first post on page one.
- Cyanide682 years agoSeasoned Novice
My game ran fine last week. Everything is saved to path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Electronic Arts and has been since first install. Now the game is reading at C:\Users\rblbe\OneDrive\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4
I do not have OneDrive enabled. I keep turning it off and telling it not to sync.
Any idea how or why it moved? How do I make it go back? Do I just need to copy everything over to the new path? Can I just delete the onedrive path and hope the game finds the old path?
- Cyanide682 years agoSeasoned Novice@Cyanide68 Edit: I did end up just deleting the OneDrive sims 4 folder, and it defaulted back to my usual path.
Any word on how to stop one drive being such an overbearing jealous ex? I've disabled it multiple times, turned off sync, deleted everything from it, etc. It just keeps coming back and screwing everything up.
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