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Joe Pascal Jun 10, 2020 @ 1:06pm
Point Steam to my install directory?
Okay so previously I had all my games installed to a 2nd drive at D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common

I have just replaced my old primary C:\ drive and rebuilt Windows, reinstalled Steam etc - and now I want to point Steam to my games directories on the D:\ drive.

Can anyone advise if this is possible?
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ReBoot Jun 10, 2020 @ 1:10pm 
Pro tip: keep Steam & the games together.
Move your Steam folder to D & the games there as well. Example: I got Steam in D:\Steam and all the games in D:\Steam\SteamApps. That's way simpler than what you're doing. I even reset my system a while ago and really just had to start Steam.exe with all the games waiting there, still installed. No additional steps needed.
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nullable Jun 10, 2020 @ 1:14pm 
Can't you just re-create the Library at that location? If not create a new Library, and then move the game folders to it...
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Joe Pascal Jun 10, 2020 @ 1:33pm 
Thanks guys, I have figured it out.

There is a file called libraryfolders.vdf in the 'steamapps' directory where Steam itself is installed.

This points Steam to wherever your games are installed. Luckily I have my old HDD sitting here untouched (in case something went wrong lol) and found this file in it. Copied it over to my new Steam program install.

1 TB worth of games I don't have to reinstall or copy over, yay!
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Joe Pascal Jun 10, 2020 @ 1:35pm 
Originally posted by ReBoot:
Pro tip: keep Steam & the games together.
Move your Steam folder to D & the games there as well. Example: I got Steam in D:\Steam and all the games in D:\Steam\SteamApps. That's way simpler than what you're doing. I even reset my system a while ago and really just had to start Steam.exe with all the games waiting there, still installed. No additional steps needed.

The reason I had this setup to begin with is because my C:\ drive was an old mechanical drive, so I'd started to install all my games on a 2nd drive which is a SSD. I should have done what you said, it would have saved me a lot of head scratching :)

Cheers for the replies both.
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Gambit-3k Jun 10, 2020 @ 2:47pm 
Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders > Add Library Folder
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