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Post by Guest Thu 05 Sep 2019, 13:57

Hi! 

My SSD drive is getting short on memory and I'd like to completely put my game in the D: drive. 
The game itself is installed in my D: drive already, following your instructions.
My regular folder however, with mods and tray files etc. won't move to my D: drive and I really want it to seeing I've got quite a lot of CC that I treasure and wouldn't want to delete...
So the question is, how do I get THAT folder to work and stay on just my D: drive?

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Post by Guest Thu 05 Sep 2019, 15:10

You need to create a symbolic link. I'll make it a bit easier for you:

1. Move you real folder to D: drive.
2. Download this and put in "Documents\Electronic Arts":
Code:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/466907879409188865/619156753959092234/symlink_data_folder_here.bat
3. Run "symlink_data_folder_here.bat".
4. Drag and drop your real folder to the opened window and press Enter.
5. Done! Go play the game!

@Edit: this .bat file will create "The Sims 4" symlink. If you play in language that uses another name for that folder, just rename it.


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Post by Guest Thu 05 Sep 2019, 16:13

anadius wrote:You need to create a symbolic link. I'll make it a bit easier for you:

1. Move you real folder to D: drive.
2. Download this and put in "Documents\Electronic Arts":
Code:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/466907879409188865/619156753959092234/symlink_data_folder_here.bat
3. Run "symlink_data_folder_here.bat".
4. Drag and drop your real folder to the opened window and press Enter.
5. Done! Go play the game!

Thank you so much! In all stress I accidentally deleted my whole Sims so I'm now redownloading it and trying this <3
I tried the Properties way to move it but it wouldn't let me bc there's supposedly already a similair folder I can't delete.

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Post by Guest Thu 05 Sep 2019, 16:57

You could move whole Documents folder. In Windows 10 (and 8 probably too) just right click on it, properties, location, move. Or something like this. In Windows 7 there were those libraries so it's done a bit differently but still doable.

But making symlink for just the "Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4" will work fine too.

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Post by Guest Thu 05 Sep 2019, 16:58

anadius wrote:You could move whole Documents folder. In Windows 10 (and 8 probably too) just right click on it, properties, location, move. Or something like this. In Windows 7 there were those libraries so it's done a bit differently but still doable.

But making symlink for just the "Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4" will work fine too.
Yeah I tried that but it said I couldn't move it because a similair folder already excisted so I'll try the one you send first!

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