Copy the command line you saved in the text document after the prompt.Press and type CMD > Right-click on Command Prompt in the > Run as Administrator.MKLINK /J “%UserProfile%\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4” “E:\The Sims 4” So this would be the full command for the example. (replace with the actual path of the moved Sims 4 folder.įor the above example, the path is E:\The Sims 4 MKLINK /J “%UserProfile%\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4” Create an empty text file and copy the following line into the file.You should now not see a Sims 4 folder in C:\Users\\ Documents\Electronic Arts\ anymore but one on the new drive that you picked.
Navigate to the external drive that you want to use and right-click in the main menu and choose Paste.To do so, right-Click on the Sims 4 folder in C:\Users\\ Documents\Electronic Arts\ and choose Cut Move the folder The Sims 4 folder from C:\Users\\ Documents\Electronic Arts\ to their new destination (in the example, that will be the external drive E:\).Make sure Origin (or other gaming clients) are closed.All you need to find out is in which folder the data is store and then do the instructions for that folder. The method is explained with the example of Sims 4 but should work accordingly with any other game or application that has data in the documents folder. Make sure to create a backup of the folder you want to move with a symbolic link and read instructions in full before starting. The method requires computer knowledge and is not recommended for beginners. Doing the symbolic link method is done at your own risk.The drive letter is essential for this method to work and needs to stay the same. If you use multiple USB devices and often pull and plug them back in, make sure you do so in the same order.A good tutorial for that can be found here: How to Move Your Documents Folder Location in Windows This has the advantage that it is done by a function provided in Windows and frees up a lot more space on the c drive. If you have a second internal harddrive or a second partition on your main harddrive that has enough space, it’s recommended to move the entire Windows documents folder to that drive.To get rid of the symbolic link, use this command: rmdir “Path to the symbolic link” in a command prompt with admin rights as described below.Make sure the external drive is plugged in and recognized by the system before you start the game.I would not recommend using the symbolic link method with a USB 2.0 hard drive (unless there’s no other way).You will get longer loading times if you use an external drive that is significantly slower than the internal one.
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