moving the game to a external hd
Can someone help me, I've been trying for the ENTIRE WEEK to move my game to my external hd since my laptop doesn't have much space, but it simply won't work. If I place the game directly on the hd b...
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communiscats Your commands are incorrect in a few ways. The point of including %UserProfile% in the command (and with the second % at the end) is to tell Windows "apply this to the current user profile." You can't insert your actual name here; Windows won't know what you're trying to tell it.
You also cannot create a symbolic link called "The Sims 4" that points to an Electronic Arts folder, as your command is trying to do. The game won't be able to figure this out.
Your second command also has a shorter username, like maybe you left out the last letter.
And you've put the path "E:\The Sims 4" in your command, but that only applies if your external drive has the letter E and you have a "The Sims 4" folder directly on it.
Please list the full path to the folder on your external drive that you want to link to (the Sims 4 or Electronic Arts folder; either is fine, but I need to know which you'll be using). Right-click the folder and select Properties > General, then list the Location. Please also open the game and list the location of the user folder it's reading, as described here:
https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2018/07/how-to-find-your-user-folder/
I will write out the command for you to use.
Yeah, coding is definitely out of my league. I got confused if I should substitute my name on the %UserProfile% command or not, because other people have told me otherwise. On my second command there is a letter missing because I thought I had put the wrong user profile since my pc was showing my name without the last letter.
The folder called "Eletronic Arts" was the one I created on the external drive, but i renamed it already in order to not get even more confused. Here's the screenshot you asked with the full path and also a screenshot of my External Drive with the designated folders, and yes I already have the game on the External Drive.
This was me earlier this week. My Mods folder was on my New NVME ( Drive in the Libraries Section. Game is installed on New SSD per EA App, but my mods folder kept going to my my new OS NVME-C Drive. Anyways, I Right clicked on the Documents under the Libraries, Properties, click on Location, Move, Browse- Click on my New SSD- S Drive, and it Runs on my New S Drive, not from OS NVME - C Drive. I couldn't get around installation on C- Drive without the EA App wanting me to RE-INSTALL everything. So I Installed on my New S- Drive & MODS folder is being sent or mirrored to New S-Drive without any issues. No Command Links or Terminals. And it only Runs off of New S-Drive, not C-Drive. I check it through Task Manager under processes. Just make sure EA App is on Both Drives or you'll have to re-download Everything Like I did, several times. And EA App setting, download, Application is set to New S-Drive. Oh and did have to un install EA App and set it to the New S- Drive. Hope this helps.
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