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IAmSkivvy
Rising Newcomer
9 months ago

OneDrive to internal SSD

Unfortunately, my game had been saving to OneDrive and I reached my storage limit, so I moved my install from OneDrive to my internal SSD on my PC via the game’s “Installed files” settings on Steam. I lost all my saves and mods (I do have them backed up on a thumb drive) and cannot figure out how to put them back, as there is no longer an Electronic Arts folder anywhere on my SSD. The file location for Sims 4 is now located under Program Files (x86) —> Steam —> steamapps —> common —> The Sims 4. I tried adding an Electronic Arts folder to the SSD under the User —> User Name —> Documents folder, and placing my saves and mods in there and nothing changed. Also, I cannot fully delete OneDrive from my PC (I have two OneDrive accounts on the PC: one for me and one for my partner. The Sims 4 was saved on my partner’s) because I use it for work, but I did log out of my partner’s OneDrive on the PC and stopped it from syncing. How do I get my Documents->ElectronicArts folder back and restore my saves and mods? If it’s not possible to restore my saves and mods folder, then how do I add mods to the game where it is now?

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4 Replies

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    9 months ago

    IAmSkivvy​  You moved the location of the game's program files, not the user folder.  These two folders are distinct and should always be kept separate, so it's good that you moved the program files.

    To see the user folder, you'll need to start the game once (again).  If you still don't see it, please read this guide to finding your user folder:

    https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2018/07/how-to-find-your-user-folder/

    If Sims 4 is still reading a location inside the OneDrive folder, you'll need to manually move the Documents directory to where you want it; the game should follow this location.  Here's how:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/operation-to-change-a-personal-folder-location-fails-in-windows-ffb95139-6dbb-821d-27ec-62c9aaccd720

  • IAmSkivvy's avatar
    IAmSkivvy
    Rising Newcomer
    7 months ago

    I finally got the guts to try this and it did not work for me. I am almost certain that I am misunderstanding the directions. I checked the User location when opening the game again and it was, in fact, still going to the OneDrive. I then followed the Registry Edit and changed the personal folder (Documents) back to it's default. I then tried to change the location of the folder in File Explorer and it will not allow me to change it whatsoever. What did I do wrong? :(

  • 8qnmi784xwzd's avatar
    8qnmi784xwzd
    Newcomer
    5 hours ago

    LongPathTool helped shorten deep OneDrive paths so Sims 4 could access saves/mods after moving to the SSD.

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