Okay, tried that after unlinking just the electronics arts file because i didn't want to get rid of OneDrive because when i attempted to it presented an entirely new set of problems that caused me a headache, so it didn't create a new folder in the my personal connection with one drive but it is still creating a folder in the documents but i have no idea where because it just has a little computer logo > documents > Electronic arts
and downloading mods anywhere but curseforger is a no go
@RedactedXOXO If you right-click this folder (or any file or folder) and select Properties > General, you can see the Location. That will tell you exactly where it is.
OneDrive can be removed without side effects, but it does take some extra steps sometimes. That's why I wrote a whole guide for it.
Still, the point here is that Sims 4 will always create a folder in your computer's Documents directory, and if you want that user folder elsewhere, you'll need to create a symbolic link. I can help with the process, but I need to know the exact path of the current user folder and the location where you'd like this data to be.
Okay, first i must say thank you for being patient with me so far and second the location i found is C:\Users\[MyUserName]\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4 is where the folder is now coming up
@RedactedXOXO Great, now the command would look like this:
MKLINK /J "%UserProfile%\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4" "D:\SIMS\The Sims 4"
You'll need to rename or remove the Sims 4 folder in Electronic Arts and make sure there's a Sims 4 folder in SIMS.
@RedactedXOXO Move the files from CurseForge to where you want them. Or is there another problem? CurseForge may not be set up to support a symlinked user folder, but if that's your only issue, you can move files around manually.
Originally I thought it was maybe just a curse forger issue but that does not seem to be the case as I tried to move a mod from patron into the mod folder to no advil, so currently I am thinking that maybe I should try to delete and redownload the sims and follow the previous steps you've given me to see if that corrects the issue.
@RedactedXOXO Reinstalling the game won't have any impact on which user folder it's reading. Instead, please open this location:
C:\Users\your username\Documents\Electronic Arts
and let me know whether there's a Sims 4 folder or a symbolic link. They look very much the same, but a symlink has a little arrow on it. If you see a proper folder, then the symlink is gone, and you'll need to recreate it, after renaming or removing this new folder.
If the symlink is present, double-click it and tell me what files you see where you land. In case it's not clear, when you double-click a symlink, you're not opening it like you open a folder; rather, you're jumping to wherever the symlink points. You can see where you are in the address bar, above the list of files and folders.
@RedactedXOXO Then you need to remove or rename it and try again to create the symbolic link. Then look again and make sure it's there.
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