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ZoBecomeABlade
Seasoned Newcomer
3 days ago

Where do I install the Sims 4

Okay so I couldn't save my sims game anymore because there wasn't enough space on my drive. I looked into it and apparently I installed my sims game on my school's one drive (i don't go to school anymore so if anyone knows how to uninstall that please let me know too). 

But anyway i uninstalled my sims game to re-install it on a different location on my PC. The game started up just fine. Now when i wanted to add all my CC it didn't work, it also looked different then i'm used too. Now i tried different location ect but it still looks like that. (see picture below). 

Can someone please help me out on what i'm doing wrong, and how to fix it. 

custom content (cc)
downloads
install language
mods

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    16 hours ago

    ZoBecomeABlade​  This isn't the location of the user folder.  Please use the link I provided earlier to find that location, and open exactly that folder.  If you're having trouble finding it, click the C drive in the left panel of a File Explorer window (at the top of this screenshot), then open Users > your username > Documents or users > your username > OneDrive > Documents, whichever the game is using.

  • ZoBecomeABlade's avatar
    ZoBecomeABlade
    Seasoned Newcomer
    18 hours ago

    Okay so i tried that again but it's still the same.  Even thought the location is correct. 

     

  • ZoBecomeABlade's avatar
    ZoBecomeABlade
    Seasoned Newcomer
    3 days ago

    Thank you so much. I'll try this and keep you updated

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    3 days ago

    ZoBecomeABlade​  Hopefully you haven't installed the game anywhere inside Documents.  If you have, uninstall it and move it to the default location for the EA App or Steam, respectively:

    C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 4
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Sims 4

    A custom location is fine too, but again, not inside Documents or a subfolder, and not on your desktop.

    Once you've launched the game again, here's how you can find your user folder, where you'll add mods and custom content, and where your saves and Tray files will be:

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

    The point is that this folder is supposed to be separate from the program files.  It sounds like you'd merged them before, but that's asking for trouble.

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