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Re: Moving Sims 4 From C Drive to D Drive

@Missmagoo2  Do you have a Sims 4 folder on D in the same location you're trying to use?  That's the normal cause of this error: the sytem doesn't allow two files or folders with the same name to be in the same location.  If you can't delete that folder, for example if it's the folder that contains the Sims 4 installed files, just choose a different location, for example within a different folder.

In case you're not aware though, you can't just move the user data folder—the game won't read it and will create a new one instead.  You'll either need to move the entire Documents directory to D or use a symbolic link to point the game to the correct location.  Here's a tutorial for each approach:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/74952-move-location-documents-folder-windows-10-a.html

https://crinrict.com/blog/2020/02/moving-windows-documents-folder-to-external-drive-via-symbolic-link.html

10 Replies

  • Missmagoo2's avatar
    Missmagoo2
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    5 years ago

    That might be the issue. I'll try deleting the folders and see what happens.

  • Missmagoo2's avatar
    Missmagoo2
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago

    I uninstalled the Sims 4 , just to make sure that I didn't have the same files in the D drive and I still get the same error message. I'm not sure what's causing the issue.

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
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    5 years ago

    @Missmagoo2  How are you trying to move the Sims 4 user folder, what location (file path) are you trying to move it to, and what's already there?  A screenshot would be helpful.

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
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    5 years ago

    @Missmagoo2  If you're trying to move all of Documents to D, it sounds like there's a folder already in D:\Documents that matches the name of a folder in the version of Documents on C.  You could sort through this, or you could take a shortcut.  Create a new folder on D, name it whatever you want, and move all the files inside D:\Documents to that new folder.  Then repeat the steps to redirect Documents to D.

    Once Documents has moved, you can sort through the other files and folders.

  • Missmagoo2's avatar
    Missmagoo2
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago

    I could never figure it out. I literally named it something ridiculous and the same error message still popped up...I'm not sure what else it wants from me.

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
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    5 years ago

    @Missmagoo2 

    You already have a Documents folder on your D: drive If you rename that to something else for example olddocuments you will be able to Move Documents from C: to D:. After that you can move the contents of olddocuments to the Documents folder if you prefer to have them collected and then delete the olddocuments folder.

  • 105746Aa's avatar
    105746Aa
    9 months ago

    i accidently dowloanded sims to d folder now i have to update but there is no space in c so i have to move sims to c what can ı do and how do ı do

  • EA_Cath's avatar
    EA_Cath
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    9 months ago
    Hey @105746Aa , I'm locking this thread since it's quite old to prevent further necroposting. Feel free to open a new thread in the forum and somebody will help you out!