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SalmaKishk's avatar
7 years ago

I moved my documents folder from the C: to the D: and now my game restarted

so i moved my documents folder to the D: for more storage however the game seems to not recognize it, it wont recognize mods or saves. I tried repairing it but no use. The sims was originally downloaded on the D, before moving the documents file

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  • @SalmaKishk

    The page is doing the same for me too. What you might want to try is searching your computer for Sims 4 to see where the path takes you.

    To search your computer, click the Start button and in the search bar type Sims 4. For example, I can find mine with the path of: D:\Users\Username\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4

    Yours might be different depending on how or where the documents folder was moved.

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    How to move Windows 10 default user folders to another drive
    https://www.windowscentral.com/how-move-default-user-folders-new-drive-windows-10

    How to move "Documents" folder to another drive in Windows 10
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYfNmGnbxNw

  • SalmaKishk's avatar
    SalmaKishk
    7 years ago

    I tried that there are different locations with different saves however when i open the game its brand new.

    in the D; in my moved documents folder there is a save file and in a new file called “saved” there is also game saves

    however the game doesnt register any of them

  • My sims 4 game installed the game files in the following location (after moving my Documents -folder):

    C:\users\username\Personal\Electronic Arts

    If you want to retrieve data from your old games, copy the contents of the saves-folder (Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves) from the old location to the save folder of the new location. 

    Do the same for the contents of the tray-folder (copy them into the tray-folder)

    The old location is most probably: C:\users\username\Documents\Electronic Arts

    If you want to move the location of the Personal -file, edit the following registry in registry editor:

    Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Personal

    Change the value of Personal to e.g. D:\Personal, or whichever location you want the Sims 4 game files to be saved into. 

    I chose mine to save to D:\Documents, for example. 

    After you move any folder location, remember to copy the contents of the old location. 

    After copying the data, you can remove the old folder. 

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