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6 years agoSeasoned Ace
@tenbandz It would help if I knew what information you want to move.
There is two directories for the sims 4 all user related data goes into ~/documents or my_documents folder under Electronic Arts/The Sims 4
The other part is in /program_files(x86)/Origin/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4. If you want to move the Sims 4 program over to the new drive as well, the easiest way is to reinstall the sims 4.
1. In origin launcher select Origin on the menu at the top left hand corner menu bar, now select application settings.
2. select the tab at the top called "installs & Saves"
3. Now go down to the selection 2 selection that says "Game Library Location, paste this into the dialog box that shows up after you click on it where it says folders at the bottom right "D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 4, now add your Sims 4 directory the whole thing into that area and reinstall the game through origin to make sure the library points to new links.
The user file in my_documents or Documents click on the document shortcut and there is a button that says move my_document folder to new location, once you click that everything in my document folder will move to the new location. it won't be on the folder itself, but it will be on the shortcut. If you don't want to move everything to the new drive and Just The Sims 4 Game you can always try a directory shortcut, sometimes it doesn't work with programs though.
There is two directories for the sims 4 all user related data goes into ~/documents or my_documents folder under Electronic Arts/The Sims 4
The other part is in /program_files(x86)/Origin/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4. If you want to move the Sims 4 program over to the new drive as well, the easiest way is to reinstall the sims 4.
1. In origin launcher select Origin on the menu at the top left hand corner menu bar, now select application settings.
2. select the tab at the top called "installs & Saves"
3. Now go down to the selection 2 selection that says "Game Library Location, paste this into the dialog box that shows up after you click on it where it says folders at the bottom right "D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 4, now add your Sims 4 directory the whole thing into that area and reinstall the game through origin to make sure the library points to new links.
The user file in my_documents or Documents click on the document shortcut and there is a button that says move my_document folder to new location, once you click that everything in my document folder will move to the new location. it won't be on the folder itself, but it will be on the shortcut. If you don't want to move everything to the new drive and Just The Sims 4 Game you can always try a directory shortcut, sometimes it doesn't work with programs though.
6 years ago
I'm trying to move my Mods folder (CC & Mods) onto my D drive. I was able to move my Sims 4 game onto the D drive and that's working fine. I successfully moved my Mods folder once until I tried to download new CC and it was not loading onto the game. I tried to redo the process but everything got messed up. Here's whats in my documents folder on my C drive and whats on my D drive...
- jpkarlsen6 years agoHero (Retired)
To move the Documents and downloads folder see this: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-move-default-user-folders-new-drive-windows-10
- 4 years ago
hey was this ever fixed? I'm currently having this issue and nothing suggested has worked
- EA_Darko4 years ago
Community Manager
Hey @YeetFarmer I'm going to lock this thread as it is quite old.
If having an issue then please create a new thread for your issue.
Darko
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