How do I change the location of my Mods folder?

Yinala · April 2017

I installed the sims 4 on my D drive where there is available space (This PC/New Volume(D:)/Program Files(x86)/Origin Games/Sims 4) but when I started the game it created a new Electronic Arts folder in my C drive (This PC/Local Disk C:)/Users/Shallon/Documents/Electronic Arts/Sims 4). The reason this is a problem is because I like to download mods and my C drive has no room for that (I can't remember how much GB of custom content I had before I removed it but it was A LOT lol), and I think it caused my game to "run out of memory", I'm not sure what that means but I started to get popups about that when playing the game. Also I tried dragging the "Electronic Arts" folder from my C drive to my D drive into the "Origin Games" folder but it caused my game to uninstall for some reason, I had to reinstall my game. So my question is how do I move the "Electronic Arts" or even just the "Mods" folder from my C drive to my D drive?

I looked up this question but I think the answer I found isn't up to date for Windows 10 Home version 1703, It said to right click on the folder I want to move and go to properties and click on the location tab but the problem is I don't have a location tab. Here's the question: http://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/forum/index.php?topic=27082.0 .And here's what mine looks like, there is no location tab:

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

I appreciate any kind of help!

rosemow · April 2017

Hello
You need to move the whole Documents folder to the D drive. You are unable to just move the electronic arts folder.

rosemow · April 2017

Hello
This post by chesterbigbird contains a video tutorial,
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/15126694/#Comment_15126694

Yinala · April 2017

rosemow wrote: »

Hello
You need to move the whole Documents folder to the D drive. You are unable to just move the electronic arts folder.

I don't know if I did it wrong but I moved the Documents to drive D and when I opened the game all my saves and mods were gone

(Don't worry I made a backup of my sims 4 saves/mods lol)

rosemow · April 2017

Are your save game files still in your documents -electronic arts -sims 4 -saves folder?
I posted a link to a video tutorial in the above post and I am not sure if you saw iit.

Yinala · April 2017

rosemow wrote: »

Are your save game files still in your documents -electronic arts -sims 4 -saves folder?
I posted a link to a video tutorial in the above post and I am not sure if you saw iit.

Is there another way to get my mods on my D drive and have it actually work? I have tried what you suggested multiple times and I even had my computer savvy dad help me but it just won't work...

I followed the video too.

Please someone tell me there is another way to do this lol

Edit: And yes my saves and mods were in the correct folder.

rosemow · April 2017

Are you able to access your saves files now that you have moved them to the D drive? Is it only the mods folder that isn't working correctly or are you having issues with your saves and library items also?

Yinala · April 2017

My dad was able to put my sims 4 folder including all my mods and saves on onedrive(cloud) and it shows up in my game!

So my mods aren't taking up any drive space cause it's in the cloud now.

rosemow · April 2017

Hello
It is great that your Dad was able to put your sims 4 folder on One Drive, so that clears up space for you

He is a caring and kind Dad

Just a little note. Some simmers have had issues when their sims 4 folder was on One Drive.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/15710348/#Comment_15710348
In this article posted by crinrict, she writes about using One Drive in the section of the article called " Suggestions : About 1 "
http://sims4.crinrict.com/en/2014/09/save-games-disappearing/

Yinala · April 2017

rosemow wrote: »

Hello
It is great that your Dad was able to put your sims 4 folder on One Drive, so that clears up space for you He is a caring and kind Dad
Just a little note. Some simmers have had issues when their sims 4 folder was on One Drive.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/15710348/#Comment_15710348
In this article posted by crinrict, she writes about using One Drive in the section of the article called " Suggestions : About 1 "
http://sims4.crinrict.com/en/2014/09/save-games-disappearing/

Thanks for letting me know! I really appreciate that. What if I just make a backup saves folder on my desktop and every time I'm finished playing the game I make sure to make another copy of my saves folder to my desktop (and a USB stick)? Is that a good plan or is there something else I should do or watch out for?

rosemow · April 2017

That is a great idea

It is good plan to do that.

Yinala · April 2017

rosemow wrote: »

That is a great idea It is good plan to do that.

Thank you for spending the time to help me

Have a good day!

rosemow · April 2017

You're welcome

I hope that you are having a very nice day too

Alim713 · May 2017

You have to move all the folders

CaitMarie12 · November 2017

I have the same problem but i am using a pc. How can i move these folders without it just being a copy in the external hard drive.

rosemow · November 2017

CaitMarie12 wrote: »

I have the same problem but i am using a pc. How can i move these folders without it just being a copy in the external hard drive.

Hello @CaitMarie12
This video explains how to move your Documents folder so that is no longer on the C drive and is now on another drive. It would be best to move the folder to another internal hard drive not an external hard drive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYfNmGnbxNw

Reitanna · December 2018

I watched the video, but I still can't figure out how to move my documents folder. I'm on windows 7, and if I right click documents and choose properties, it doesn't give me the same options as the video showed.

rosemow · December 2018

Reitanna wrote: »

I watched the video, but I still can't figure out how to move my documents folder. I'm on windows 7, and if I right click documents and choose properties, it doesn't give me the same options as the video showed.

Hello @Reitanna
This is a link to moving My Documents folder in Windows 7
https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-move-windows-7-personal-folders-my-documents-another-drive.htm

Reitanna · December 2018

rosemow wrote: »

Reitanna wrote: »

I watched the video, but I still can't figure out how to move my documents folder. I'm on windows 7, and if I right click documents and choose properties, it doesn't give me the same options as the video showed.

Hello @Reitanna
This is a link to moving My Documents folder in Windows 7
https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-move-windows-7-personal-folders-my-documents-another-drive.htm

thank you, that worked

rosemow · December 2018

Reitanna wrote: »

rosemow wrote: »

Reitanna wrote: »

I watched the video, but I still can't figure out how to move my documents folder. I'm on windows 7, and if I right click documents and choose properties, it doesn't give me the same options as the video showed.

Hello @Reitanna
This is a link to moving My Documents folder in Windows 7
https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-move-windows-7-personal-folders-my-documents-another-drive.htm

thank you, that worked

You’re welcome

SimsTooLit306 · May 2019

> @rosemow said:
> Hello
> This post by chesterbigbird contains a video tutorial

Im having the same problem but Ive tried moving my documents already, im using a external hd btw

rosemow · May 2019

SimsTooLit306 wrote: »

> @rosemow said:
> Hello
> This post by chesterbigbird contains a video tutorial

Im having the same problem but Ive tried moving my documents already, im using a external hd btw

Hello.
There can be issues when using an external hard drive. It would be best to use another inner hard drive.

naw9043 · October 2019

> @rosemow said:
> (Quote)
>
> Hello @Reitanna
> This is a link to moving My Documents folder in Windows 7
> https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-move-windows-7-personal-folders-my-documents-another-drive.htm

Does this also work if C: is a SSD and D: is a HDD?

squanchy · June 2020

I know I'm late, but there's a far better remedy for redirection (what you are trying to achieve) within Windows than what's being used by everyone here, and it is called the junction link. As an example, I will describe how I moved my Mods folder from its original location on my C: Drive, to my E: Drive, an M.2 SSD that I use to run programs that take (relatively) forever to load on a HDD:

To be clear, this is the original path to my Sims 4 Mods directory ("directory" is a synonym for "folder"):
"C:\Users\testpc\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods"

Step 1 - create the new location:
copy your Mods directory (or whichever directory you wish) to your desired location. Just remember the file path to your new Mods location.
When I was done copying, I had the following file path structure:
"E:\Sims 4 Mods\Mods"

Step 2 - backup your original:
edit your original Mods directory's name, and append the following phrase to that directory's name
~original
So my Mods directory was renamed to Mods~original
[Do not run the game, as a new Mods directory will be created, and you will not be able to create a junction link.]

Step 3 - open the command prompt:
You will need to open the command prompt, and I recommend doing so as the administrator (I don't know your permissions scheme, so running as the administrator may avoid errors for some users). If you don't know how to run the command prompt, then: open the windows start button, and in search, type the following phrase: command prompt. You can figure it out from there.

Step 4 - execute the instructions:
I ran the following command to lead "The Sims 4" program to its new Mods folder location:

Mklink /J "C:\Users\testpc\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods" "E:\Sims 4 Mods\Mods"

The Mklink command has the following structure:
Mklink /J "Old file location" "New File Location"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This web page has info on junction links: http://techgenix.com/folder-redirections-in-windows/

PeachoSimminBandz · June 2020

@Yinala @rosemow

So there IS a way to play my sims 4 cc n mods by moving my mods folder(ea folder) off my c drive And in the cloud?

Any tips on how to do that?

rosemow · June 2020

PeachoSimminBandz wrote: »

@Yinala @rosemow

So there IS a way to play my sims 4 cc n mods by moving my mods folder(ea folder) off my c drive And in the cloud?

Any tips on how to do that?

Hello
If you want to move your mods folder to another location, you have to move your whole Documents folder to another drive on your computer
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/16131967/#Comment_16131967

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