How to move MODS + CC to external hard drive | EA App Edition + Q & A
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- How to move MODS + CC to external hard drive | EA App Edition + Q & A
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Chapters
How to move MODS + CC to external hard drive_ 0:30
Q & A
Intro_4:42
How to update your Sims 4 Game_ 5:14
If I buy a new PC will the same steps apply_ 10:00
Can I use a flash drive or SD card_11:04
Will will this process help with lagging_ 12:25
What's the point of clearing up storage on my C: drive if my computer still lags_ 14:31
Every time I load a save my game crashes_15:22
How to add CC/MODS to my new external hard drive_ 16:45
Option for pick link source not showing_ 17:46
Option for junction link not showing_ 18:36
Mods/CC not showing in my game w/ Junction Link_ 19:07
Origin/EA App is asking me to download again_ 20:27
Outro| Next Video| How to Organize Mods Folder_21:27
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I am so happy that I booked with you. I was able to get all of my saved games, CC, and Mods back. I am so excited to get back to playing my game. Thank you for the quick and wonderful service that you provided!
Thanks Girly!! I was happy to help!! 😊❤️
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@@OfficiallyZygood morning, my name is Allyson and I really need your help like face to face because I just got my flash drive and now I don't know how to get my ea app or my game to be apart of my flash drive. Can you please help me
I finally figured it out! I dedicated 3 days of my life to this 😂😂😂. Thank you so much. I see why people are having a little trouble because i have a hp laptop and it differs a little bit.
I also have an hp laptop can you tell me what is the difference?
I have a HP laptop as well what’s the difference??
@@rolishaevans1078 did u ever find out the difference?
I dedicated like a week because i can’t code for sh-
@@cherrycake7739hey so I just did it. There really is no difference, our laptops will have the same options it’ll just be under “Show more options” when you left click the folders. It was a lil confusing at first but it’s the exact same way :)
Thank you soooo much! The first time I did it wrong and it did not work, It restarted my game and none of my mods were showing up. Since I had the EA backup like you said I tried over again the second time and it all worked perfectly! I can now play sims and go crazy with cc without worrying about running out of space on my computer!
This is the most clear and concise explanation of anything I have seen. An actual lifesaver! thank you so much for your time to explain this!!!
You’re welcome ❤️❤️❤️
Oh my god, it worked!! Thank you! I used it to move sims 3 because I was completely out of room on my computer and I was going to just delete it all until I saw this video! Thank you thank you thank you
Thank you for your EA App videos, almost thought I wasn't going to be able to play anymore but thankfully everything is working just fine.
I'm so happy now omfg, my game broke and I had to redownload it all over again and your vid made sorting everything out so much easier! you gave the best explanation I've seen
THANK YOU OH EM GEEEEE i been struggling for a weeks im not techy at all and every time i looked online i just couldnt understand😭 like deadaas im so geeked rn🤞🤞
Just got a new SSD because I have like 10 GB left on my C drive (rip) and redownloaded sims to it. Followed the tutorial and downloaded a couple of CAS mods to see really quick if it worked and it did! Working like a charm! Thank you so much for the tutorial, now I can download mods and CC to my heart's content lol
I didnt expect this to be that simple. Thank you so much!
You are a legend, you are an icon, you are *the* moment.
Awww thanks so much!!! You are awesome too ✨ ❤️
Thank you for this!! This tutorial is super easy and simple to follow and saved me from having to go through all the unhelpful EA forums of how to do this! Thanks again :)
❤❤❤ Welcome :)
I have been struggling all day to get it to work , and I finally got it ! Thank you so much for this ❤
My question is if it’s this simple why is everyone making it so difficult with the whole decoding thing I spent all day looking at tutorials and finally came Across your videos and now my game is up & running mods & everything THANK YOU!
The EASIEST one to follow! Thank you so much!
*_Chapters_*
How to move MODS + CC to external hard drive_ 0:30
*_Q & A_*
*Intro_4:42
1. How to update your Sims 4 Game_ 5:14
2. If I buy a new PC will the same steps apply_ 10:00
3. Can I use a flash drive or SD card_11:04
4. Will this process help with lagging_ 12:25
5. What's the point of clearing up storage on my C: drive if my computer still lags_ 14:31
6. Every time I load a save my game crashes_15:22
7. How to add CC/MODS to my new external hard drive_ 16:45
8. Option for pick link source not showing_ 17:46
9. Option for junction link not showing_ 18:36
10. Mods/CC not showing in my game w/ Junction Link_ 19:07
11. Origin/EA App is asking me to download again_ 20:27
Outro| Next Video| How to Organize Mods Folder_21:27*
What’s a C file? I can’t find this on my computer
I've been trying to figure out how to do this forever, this helped, and its straight to the point. Thanks so much!
You are so welcome and I was happy to help! :)
I spent hours I mean hours trying to figure something like this out you saved my life fr fr ❤
I did this and used it to move my Sims 2 CC and everything to an external harddrive, it worked perfectly! If people are doing it as you explained, they shouldn't have any issues.
Can't speak for others I did everything exactly and still end up having to download/repair it because my game won't load the files got corrupted
YEY. After a couple attempts and tantrums it finally works!!
Make sure your Mods are updated and it seems that the game couldn‘t load my Mods folder because it was deep diving in so many subfolders. I have it right onto my external hard drive (no subfolders) and it works now I AM SO HAPPY. Thank you girl :33
So where exactly did you put your mods folder? It doesn’t have to be in “the sims4” folder to work ?????
@@diamondkennedy2364 the “real” mods folder needs to be on your external hard drive. The junction link, as she showed in the video, is in the EA Sims 4 Subfolder (the “real” mods folder would usually sit there, but if you link it as a junction, your computer will recognize it as the “real” one - even though it’s on your external hard drive. I also had try it out a couple of times until it finally worked, but if you follow the video step by step it’ll finally work
It’s so difficult to find someone doing this on PC! You just saved me a new computer
Oh my 🎉goodness thank you girl I took weeks figuring out the problem and I come to your video you solve my problem thank you so much ❤
So.. just in case anyone else had this issue.. for me I found I had waaayyy to many mods/cc 😂.. I ended up creating a new folder for those mods... Just so I will be able to copy and paste everything needed... Once I did that it was smooth sailing.. watched what to do to add them back in the game and boom good... I did run into the problem with it being a little slow taking a little time but once it gets started it's all good to go!! I'm just sooo thankful and happy I didn't waste money on a 4tb hard drive 😂😂 thank you so much ❤❤❤❤
THANK YOU SOO MUCH, i literally lost my entire game and was searching for hours to fix this issue, none of my cc was showing up either, i did this and got everything back!!!
❤❤❤ Glad I could help!
Thank you so much! I wouldn't have a remote chance without your help. Saving lives out here with your tech savviness
Great to hear! Glad I could help!! ❤❤❤
Ok that way works but I found a easier way.
1 The same thing back up everything
2 Right click on Documents then “Properties”
3 Click “Location” Tab
4 Click “Move” tab
5 Create a “Documents” folder on your drive that you want to move on but don’t name it as something else
6 Click “Select Folder” button then click “Yes” on the pop up message then you are set ❤
did this actually work?
@@markiajenkins4913 yes
I remember I used this method with origin so I wasn’t sure if it would work for the ea app as well. Thanks!
I did this and sims wont open at all ... is there a way to fix this?
You’re a life saver! Thanks, came back to say it worked for me!
THANK you so much! I've been trying to figure out how to do this for like 2 weeks and your tutorial helped a bunch! Thanks again!
❤❤❤ Welcome :)
You are an absolute angel!! I can finally play the Sims 4 again! Thank you and God bless you
Just a quick note: it works with symbolic link too, not only with junction. with that, it targets the external/new drive location as a pointer from the EA folder.
oh my god, thank you so much!! I've tried to do this for yEARS but no one ever explained good enough for my little pea brain to understand, but you made this so easy! now I can finally download as much cc as I waaant meheehe
You’re so welcome!!
My absolute life saver. Thank you so much!
thank you so much queen😊🌸 I've been looking every where for this😌😌
I can’t wait to try this out!! I’ve wanted to move my cc for yeeears given my poor SSD doesn’t have a lot of space. Bookmarking this for later; I’ll edit my comment afterwards with the result.
You have no idea how much you’ve just helped me! I thank you so much and I pray that you have an AMAZING rest of your day, night, week, month, and year lol
Love do you play with gshade??
You're welcome Likwid Kurage, Thanks for taking the time out to watch my video and I am glad I could help!! 😊❤
Love you gul!!! So clear and precise! TY!!!
been struggling with this for hours and finally got it to work! each time I deleted the old sims 4 folders and opened the game all my mods and saves were gone and it would add a new sims 4 folder.. make sure you DELETE it from your computer entirely... i didn't think to delete mines from the RECYCLE BIN, so do that if u have the same issue with the game creating a new folder instead of using your junction one.
how did you get the link shell extension link to work? it doesnt work for me
Omg thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏 it worked
thank you so much you just saved me
i spent 2 hours trying to figure out what was wrong until i stumbled upon your video
Glad I could help!! ❤❤❤
Thank you so much for this! If I've downloaded more CC to my game should I remove the folder from the C drive?
thanks so much for your tutorial! Question, if moved my documents folder to my external already is it the same steps? Or is it completely different steps?
Omg I was trying to figure this out for 2 days, stressing about it so much thank you !! 🥰🥰
You're welcome ♥
SOLVED!
1. Install Shell Link Extension.
2. Copy and Paste the Electric Arts folder from your main drive to the external drive.
--> Create a Backup Copy for Electric Art ( Electric Art - Back up)
3. Copy and Paste Electric Arts onto your external drive.
--> Create an Electric Art Folder
4. Delete Electric Arts from your main drive.
5. Right-click on Electric Arts on your external drive and hit " Pick Link Source".
--> Right Click and hit " Pick Link Source"
6. Go back to your main drive where you want to place Electric Arts and right-click on "Drop As", then hit " Symbolic Link".
--> Right Click and hit "Drop As" and click "Symbolic Link"
7. Start your game up and see if it works.
Let me know if you need any help!!!!
I did this but as soon as I get into my game, I can pick my save file but when i want to actually like pick the house I want to build on for example, it stays stuck on the loading screen
Worked like a charm, thank you !
If I showed you a picture of what pops up when i right-click, you think you could help me figure out why it’s not popping up or where the pick link source is hidden because i swear i downloaded and followed everything PERFECTLY
i am also having the same issue
@@berthaliliana
@@berthalilianahey did you ever figure out how to fix that issue? I’m having the same issue at the moment.
I wanted to thank you for this video. I put my games on an external drive and wanted to add my Sims mods/CC. You're a lifesaver and made it so easy to understand and do. 💜
Hi Reia.Gaming, Thanks for taking the time out to watch my video and I am glad I could help!! 😊❤
HATS OFF TO YOU! I'm a gaming channel and have been looking to move my mods folder as it prohibited me from actually having all of the cc that I needed downloaded. I constantly had to switch out mods because I kept running out of space on my internal hard drive. I'm going to make some Sims CAS videos, TUHDAY!!
Absolute LIFESAVER!!!
oh my god thank you so much. after 4 hours trying different methods this one actually worked. i’ve had 2 cry’s of frustration but i can finally play my sims lmao
Super helpful, worked my first time. Thank you 🥰
You're welcome!
Should I delete the files from my C-drives since everything is moved to my hard drive? Is it running off of my hard drive only? Im just a lil confused because now it’s COPY on my hard drive and a copy on my C drive. I also wanted to add more mods and stuff should I add that to my hard drive or the EA folder in my C drive?
I got lost around 5:52. You say open your external hard drive where we want to save our mods folder to. But then say copy and paste to your external drive anywhere. Meaning I’m cut then pasting and I can put it outside of the sims 4 folder since that’s anywhere.?
This helped so much, thank you!
You’re so very welcome !! ☺️
so i moved my mods etc to the external and i want to buy an expansion. would i do the same process as updating or would it be okay to just add the expansion?
Hi so i followed everything correctly but the electronic arts folder was still on the c drive even tho i put it on my external harddrive, so i went back and deleted that one and now my game is acting like i dont have any saves or sims.
Edit: I'm moving all mods, tray folder and Saves folder back over to my c drive where everything originally was and ima start over the junction part. Hopefully this works! If not I just screwed myself big time!
Thank you so much. You are such a life saver.
❤❤❤ You're So Welcome :)
Thanks so much for your help!
I heard you mention you could do the exact same steps with the sims studio for batch fixes. Any more details I should know ?? It takes up a lot of space on my c drive
You’re the best!! 😍😍🖤🖤🖤
Thank you so Much!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊
hi! for the most part this worked but when i open my game a good handfull of my mods arent in the game. It says either some files are mising or something to do w ea accounting not owning the files. im really confused as to why most cc work but a lot dont despite being in the mods folder,, does anyone else have this problem??
I don’t know what I did wrong or what’s going wrong but the Link shell does not work for me. I click the download I hit install, but it still doesn’t work.
Once I move my sims over to the external drive am I able to play and load my game from the external hard drive ?
does this save my created sims and thier cc or will i have to remodel them again?
How do you disable the one drive?I can’t play the new game growing together?is this good for hp laptop?
So during a update if I just unplug my external hard drive, update ,then plug back in. Is this messing up my game??
ANSWER : Under documents, if there is no EA folder - make one. I created it , went to my External HD, right clicked my sims 4, "pick link source" then I went into the EMPTY EA folder I just created under documents on my C drive - clicked "drop as...junction" - my game is working w/ my mods.
You end up taking the sims 4 out of the EA folder anyways & relacing it in your EHD so creating the folder manually will still work.
Does the new EA folder stay where it’s at? I just followed your steps but not sure if it physically moves?
for some reason it keeps making folders though I did it using the junction. I tried another way too but so far I can’t figure out how to stop this from happening.
Right on Sherell!! ❤❤❤
Hey love, do u use Gshade?
This still didn’t work omfg
HI! if I have already downloaded the sims on my external hard drive before watching your video how do I proceed????I am French, no explanatory video in French you are the only one I found
I have my sims 3 and my sims 4 in the “electronic arts” folder. I only want to move my sims 4 over to my external hardrive so can i go into the EA folder and just do the steps with the sims 4 instead of the whole electronic arts folder?
the link shell link does not work it just says error404, anywhere else i could download this?
ITS FIXED!!!
YAHOO
This was very helpful, thank you so much!
Hi, do u use gshade along with the linkshell process?
No, I actually don't think gshade is available atm. And yes I did.
Hi Laykah Plays, Thanks for taking the time out to watch my video and I am glad I could help!! 😊❤
i couldnt even get passed the shell extension download. after i downloaded it and tried to click it, i kept getting "this cannot be opened". im on a mac so maybe thats why???
So, I had to start all over again cause I accidentally yanked out my external hard drive and I corrupted my hard drive. Now that I’m starting fresh, on EA settings and downloads, I see on your screen it’s says “program files\ea games\ “ when mine is saying “electronic arts\the sims 4” but when I restore default is shows “program files\ea games”. It’s showing that setting for my c drive and not my external drive. Can you help me please.?
I followed every steps but for some reasons my games is now empty, no more mods or saves. What could I've done wrong pls ?
Okay i downloaded the right Link Shell Extension but whenever i clcik drop as and junction it says (Link Shell Extension (1) incorrect function!! Help me please
Of I downloaded cc and put everything in the external hard drive mod folder will it still wrk??
When you move the mods from the cc folder does it make them not work anymore? Because don’t they have to be in a certain folder to work?
Thank you so much!!
do you know how to remove the link and just have it on your c drive
So if i get new mods i put it in the junction file
So I followed each step successfully, but now when I go to launch the actual game, it never launches. Any tips?
Does this process also apply to Mac users?
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! everything works!! i recently got a external drive and was able to play the sims on that drive! Its a little laggy tho but that might be because one im playing on a surface go and two the drive isnt being directly plugged into the laptop/tablet so i bought a usb c out to usb in. im hoping it will work better once i get the converter if not another reason to invest in a new laptop🥰🫶🏽
how do you update your game with this? i like to remove my mods folder before updating my game
Mine still isn't working. I tried exactly what you did with the junction and I've had to reinstall 3x so far. Nothing is working.
it’s not working. i am so confused and frustrated. my external hard drive already had an electronic arts folder in it and i don’t understand.
is there a way I can delete the junction file so it dont mirror in both places?
Hii, I recently uninstalled the sims 4 and my game recognizes my mods, saves and everything else on my hard drive, it currently not working, is there a way to undo everything and start over?
OMG I love you for this
thankyou so much it worked
You're welcome! Glad I could help!! ❤❤❤
Hey, thanks so much for this. It worked great!! Just a question, however, since the Sims 4 folder is linked to my documents folder, when I download new content will it still take up space on my C drive?
No it won't. It will automatically save to your other drive.
I want to keep my Sims 4 playable from my C: drive but I want to store my mods/cc on an USB flash drive for a little extra storage. How do I go about keeping my Electronic Arts files on my computer while only keeping mods stored on the flash drive?
So the way she did it in the video did not work for me however i did it the opposite way and saved my whole mods folder to an external hard drive and then went into my c drive deleted the mods out of that folder and then junctioned the mods folder from my external drive over to the mods folder on my c drive and it works all you have to do is open the mods folder on your c drive and then junction it inside for it to work you cant just create a new mods folder it has to go into the actual mods folder. Hope this helps you just helped me a ton.
Can you do this with other games? Like can I put my steam games like that?
OMG! You are a lifesaver! It worked. Thank youuu!!!!!
Hi Dadaa Golez, Thanks for taking the time out to watch my video and I am glad I could help!! 😊❤
Thanks! However even though my saves and mods are working, i tried downloading new mods and CC and they aren't showing up. Is there a reason for this? The rest of the game is working just fine. I swear I've tried everything 😢
Thanks for this! Just wondering, do you have to do this everytime you download new mods? My newets lot of mods aren't appearing after I make this change
No need. Once you have moved them over correctly they should show in the game. If you add them to your linked folder they should be popping up.
will the new cc/mods i download go automatically into external hardrive or do i have to extract it manually
Hey Zy, can you please help me with my game? I watched this video to use my external hard drive. After 2-3 months my game stopped working after the horse update. I don’t know what else to do.
I dragged it I never copy and paste so did I do it wrong because when I redownloaded I definitely saw my saves. But my mods and cc did not show.
Okay so I have no storage on my laptop so do I now save mods into the folder on my external drive or what?
Do I have to move ea over to the external too
This isn’t your fault but I’m so confused. Why can’t I just drag and drop the files to the harddrive? What does the software you showed in the beginning do?
Do I need to update the c drive mods folder or just the d drive to see my mods
So if ive moved the electronic arts folder to my hard drive do i then delete the electronic arts folder on my computer?
No you’ll delete “the sims 4” folder it’s in the EA folder
I recently got more storage on my PC so I want to disconnect my external, how do I unlink it?