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caillou193
4 years ago

Sims4 game ignoring symlink and creating its own file when game opened

Hello, My pc not having enough space anymore, i decided to move my sims 4 file to an external drive. My pc works on windows 10 btw. I followed the instructions to create a symlink between the origi...
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caillou193
4 years ago
@puzzlezaddict
Hello, i followed this intructions :
https://crinrict.com/blog/2020/02/moving-windows-documents-folder-to-external-drive-via-symbolic-link.html
and redirected them to a folder in my externel drive containing the direct files for the sims 4.
I will post a picture of it when i have access to my computer, but if i click on the symlink file to open it it does open normally the real file. For the new file creating itself, it just appears in the electronic art file beside the symlink.
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puzzlezaddict
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4 years ago

@caillou193  Yes, please do post a screenshot or two, when you get the chance so I can see what's going on.  I'd specifically like to see one that also includes the new folder the game generates when you play.

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    caillou193
    4 years ago

    @puzzlezaddict @jpkarlsen 

    Hello, after re installing origin i actually figured out the problem : for some reasons, if i didnt disconnect before closing origine, it didnt totally close it and that s why the symlink didnt work. Thank you very much for your help 🙂

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      Pebbles1815
      2 years ago

      Hi, I am having this same problem would you mind to explain this a bit more, i would really appreciate it. 

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        puzzlezaddict
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        2 years ago

        @Pebbles1815  What exactly is the issue?  Please post screenshots as well: one of the Command Prompt window showing the symlink command you used and the result (you can delete the current symlink to allow a new one to be created), and one of the new Sims 4 folder where you'd expect the symlink to be.

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