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Re: how to delete electronic arts folder @chiakimaki Try simply restarting your computer. If that doesn’t help, the issue may be that OneDrive is syncing the contents of Documents, including the Electronic Arts folder. You can try deleting the folder from OneDrive first, or pause syncing, or disable OneDrive entirely.
Can you move the Electronic Arts folder out of Documents?
Re: Can I move my EA folder onto another drive? To remove it just delete the “link” like any other file or folder.
How do I unlink Sims 4 from OneDrive?
You could check using the tutorial below to see if you are able to open the Choose folders settings in OneDrive, expand open the Documents folder, uncheck the folder Sims 4 is using, and click on OK.
How do I stop my Sims from saving to OneDrive?
Disable the automatic synchronization of Onedrive with your Documents folder. When you later start the Sims 4 it will create a new user folder locally. You can then copy the content from Onedrive to the local Sims 4 folder.
How do I change the Electronic Arts folder?
Origin Mac creating New Electronic Arts Folder In Origin > Installs & Saves > Game Library Location click on Change Folder. In the left side click on Computer then double click on the ‘/’ that appears next to a picture of your hard drive in the right side.
Can I move Sims from C drive to D drive?
Re: Moving Sims 4 From C Drive to D Drive Create a new folder on D, name it whatever you want, and move all the files inside D:\Documents to that new folder. Then repeat the steps to redirect Documents to D. Once Documents has moved, you can sort through the other files and folders.
How do I move my Documents folder to another drive?
Once there, you can move your documents. Right-click the My Documents or Documents folder. Click the Location tab. Click the Move button. In the resulting dialog box, go to your name folder in drive D:, create a new folder inside it called documents , and select that. After you click OK, click Yes to move your files.
How do I stop OneDrive from syncing games?
To stop a OneDrive sync: Open the settings options of your OneDrive for Business client. Right click (Windows) or double finger tap (Mac) the OneDrive icon near the clock. Click Settings option. Navigate to the Account tab. Find the folder sync you want to disable, and click Stop sync.
Why does OneDrive keep deleting my Sims 4 files?
Re: thousands of Sims 4 files automatically deleting from onedrive. These are temporary files created when you play. they are automatically deleted when you stop playing. Nothing to worry about.
How do I Unsync OneDrive without deleting files?
Follow these steps to make the necessary tweaks: Open File Explorer. Click on OneDrive in the left-hand column. Navigate to the file or folder in question. Right-click on the file/folder. Click on Always keep on this device.
How do I change the default save location for OneDrive?
Select the OneDrive folder. Click the Home tab. Click the Move to drop-down menu, and select the Choose location option. Browse and select the new location to move your OneDrive files locally stored on your computer.
Why did all my files move to OneDrive?
This is because the Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders exist both under This PC and OneDrive, which might make them easy to mix up. When you stop protecting a folder, existing files stay in OneDrive and new files save to your PC.
How do I change my Sims 4 Save location?
Click the Home tab on the Ribbon. In the Open section, click Properties. In the Folder Properties window, click the Location tab. Click Move.
Can I move my Sims 4 folder to another drive?
The Sims 4 is designed to have it’s folder located on the Documents folder. If you want to move The Sims 4 folder, you’ll have to move the whole User folder to the new drive.
How do I move Sims to another drive?
@cosmoblivion Yes, you can install Sims 4 on the external hard drive just as you described. You may also be able to simply instruct Origin to move the game files to the external: right-click on the Sims 4 icon, select Move Game, and pick the folder you want to use.
Can I move the Sims 4 mods folder to another drive?
There is your current game – mods folder, saves folder, library – Tray folder and so on. If you will move this folder to another drive the game simply will create and use the next folder on C drive in Documents. So you have to move the whole Documents folder to another drive.
Can you play Sims off an external hard drive?
Yes, you can play The Sims 4 with an external hard drive but it will load slower, that “problems” are reduced if you connect it to your 3.0 USB ports but still going slower.
Can I put origin on an external hard drive?
Yes, it is possible. Go to Origin advanced settings and setup the folder for your games. Download and install the games you want to install under that folder. Repeat the process for all hard drives you want to use.
How do I move Sims 4 to SSD?
And to the initial question, yes, you can move Sims 4, in fact all Origin games to SSD easily. Just make a folder for those games on SSD, move them theree then inside Origin Client options (application settings, advanced) change downloaded games to point on that new folder on SSD.
How do I move a folder from C drive to D drive?
Navigate to the folders or files you want to move, right click them and select Copy or Cut from the given options. Finally, find D drive or other drives you want to store the files to, and right click blank space and select Paste. Click Add Folder to browse files and folders from C drive.
How do I free up space on my C drive?
Here’s how to free up hard drive space on your desktop or laptop, even if you’ve never done it before. Uninstall unnecessary apps and programs. Clean your desktop. Get rid of monster files. Use the Disk Cleanup Tool. Discard temporary files. Deal with downloads. Save to the cloud.
How do I move a folder from C to D?
To make the move, open C:\Users, double-click your user profile folder, and then right-click any of the default subfolders there and click Properties. On the Location tab, click Move, and then select the new location for that folder. (If you enter a path that doesn’t exist, Windows will offer to create it for you.)Nov 15, 2017.
