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thanks so much for the reply! when i go to game options > screen capture like it says in the link you posted, i find that (at least for my photos/videos), there is a new onedrive folder that the game is using as its path. the folder it is reading is "C:\Users\avama\OneDrive\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods". the path it should be reading is "D:\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods"
@simmingonsixam If there isn't a symbolic link in OneDrive's version of Documents, then Sims 4 won't know to look for your user data on D. If you're fine with OneDrive in general and just want to create a working symlink, use this guide:
The command would be this:
MKLINK /J “C:\Users\avama\OneDrive\Documents\Electronic Arts” “D:\Electronic Arts”
Or you could add The Sims 4 to the end of each path if you want to link the Sims 4 folder rather than the Electronic Arts folder. Make sure there is no existing folder with the name of the symlink you want to create in the location you'll be creating it—rename the current folder if necessary.
If you'd like to get rid of OneDrive first, here's how:
Then you'd adjust the first part of the command to reflect the folder Sims 4 started reading with OneDrive out of the picture.
- 8 months ago
i followed the instructions and copy/pasted the command you prepared for me, but it keeps telling me "local volumes are required to complete the operation".... any idea where i'm going wrong?
- puzzlezaddict8 months agoHero+
@simmingonsixam Sorry for the late reply; I've been very busy lately and fell behind with AHQ replies. Perhaps OneDrive is pushing all your data to the cloud. I don't know for sure because I never use it other than to test, but if you'd like to get rid of OneDrive, that should fix the issue. Just use the guide I linked, and then the command will need to list the current location of Documents. You can confirm that location with the reg query command in the guide.
- 8 months ago
Hi! so sorry for the late reply. i've been busy with the holiday season as well!!! I got rid of OneDrive but when I type in the command it tells me the syntax is incorrect. what am i doing wrong?
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