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breezyeom
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3 years ago
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Move game/mods to external drive PC

Hello! I recently bought an external drive to put both my sims 4 game and mods/cc onto it. But i'm having trouble.   * I had sims 4 previously downloaded onto my laptop (The C File) with Origin, had...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    3 years ago

    @breezyeom  Do you still have an Electronic Arts folder in Documents?  Please make sure you're looking in the local version of Documents, i.e. not the one inside OneDrive.  You can be sure you're looking at the right one by opening This PC > Users > your username > Documents.  If the Electronic Arts folder isn't there, you can make one; just get the name exactly right.

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breezyeom
Rising Novice
3 years ago

Hello! 

Im doing the crinrict steps but i keep getting stuck on the command prompt part. it says "The system cannot find the path specified" i moved the sims 4 ea to my external drive

Edit: All my original save files/mods are on the new External Drive too though 

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puzzlezaddict
Hero+
3 years ago

@breezyeom  Please post a screenshot of the command prompt window so I can see the full file path you're typing.  Please also post the full file path to the Sims 4 user folder on your external, the one you're trying to point the game to.

  • breezyeom's avatar
    breezyeom
    Rising Novice
    3 years ago

    The file path im trying to move it to on my external drive is “E:\The Sims 4”

    • puzzlezaddict's avatar
      puzzlezaddict
      Hero+
      3 years ago

      @breezyeom  Do you still have an Electronic Arts folder in Documents?  Please make sure you're looking in the local version of Documents, i.e. not the one inside OneDrive.  You can be sure you're looking at the right one by opening This PC > Users > your username > Documents.  If the Electronic Arts folder isn't there, you can make one; just get the name exactly right.

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        breezyeom
        Rising Novice
        3 years ago

        that was it! thank you so much i've been doing this all day haha! thank you 🙂

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