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@pugicornlover It happens. Did you move the Sims 4 folder to D itself, or did you move the entire Electronic Arts folder to D? If the file path on D is just D:\The Sims 4, try this:
MKLINK /J "%UserProfile%\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4" "D:\The Sims 4"
If you moved the Electronic Arts folder to D (with the Sims 4 folder inside) and want it to stay that way, try this:
MKLINK /J "%UserProfile%\Documents\Electronic Arts" "D:\Electronic Arts"
In either case, copy and paste, don't just write it out. It's really easy to get one space or quote mark or whatever out of place, and then Windows won't read the command correctly.
- 6 years ago@puzzlezaddict So tried both of those links and I get a message each time saying "Cannot create a file when that file already exists."
- puzzlezaddict6 years agoHero+
@pugicornlover That means there's already a Sims 4 folder in Documents\Electronic Arts if you're going with the first option, or an Electronic Arts folder if you're going with the second option. Either way, there can't be a folder with the same name in the same location where you're trying to create the symbolic link. So please move that folder elsewhere and try again. There does have to be a folder in the destination, i.e. the external drive, for the symlink to point to though.
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