I did something today that I've wanted to do for a while. I moved my Steam and Sims 3 installs off C drive to D drive. All my other Steam games are installed on D. I originally put Sims 3 on C because it's my SSD, and I wanted to make the game as fast as possible.
Well, unfortunately Sims 3 takes up a lot of space, so I decided to move it. I also moved the Electronic Arts folder from Documents on C to Documents on D and created a symbolic link to the new location. That opened up even more space on C.
I did the same for the My Games folder on C. It contained my Skyrim saves. I moved that folder to D and made a symbolic link to it too. In all, I freed up 51 GB on my C drive by moving these game files.
Creating Symlinks on Windows
"For example, let’s say you have a program that needs its files at C\Program. You’d really like to store this directory at D\Stuff, but the program requires that its files be at C\Program. You could move the original directory from C\Program to D\Stuff, and then create a symbolic link at C\Program pointing to D\Stuff. When you relaunch the program, it will try to access its directory at C\Program. Windows will automatically redirect it to D\Stuff, and everything will just work as if it were in C\Program."
Using Symbolic Links to Redirect The Sims 3 Folder After Moving It to Another Location
Well, unfortunately Sims 3 takes up a lot of space, so I decided to move it. I also moved the Electronic Arts folder from Documents on C to Documents on D and created a symbolic link to the new location. That opened up even more space on C.
I did the same for the My Games folder on C. It contained my Skyrim saves. I moved that folder to D and made a symbolic link to it too. In all, I freed up 51 GB on my C drive by moving these game files.
Creating Symlinks on Windows
"For example, let’s say you have a program that needs its files at C\Program. You’d really like to store this directory at D\Stuff, but the program requires that its files be at C\Program. You could move the original directory from C\Program to D\Stuff, and then create a symbolic link at C\Program pointing to D\Stuff. When you relaunch the program, it will try to access its directory at C\Program. Windows will automatically redirect it to D\Stuff, and everything will just work as if it were in C\Program."
Using Symbolic Links to Redirect The Sims 3 Folder After Moving It to Another Location
