How to add Steam Library folder?

[dingooo]

So for over a year I've had two separate steam folders in one drive because I separated them when I put the drive into a new PC. This was working fine for a long time until just now. I was in a game and alt f4d but the game was still running yet I couldn't not force stop it as it was hidden from task manager. I force stopped Steam and then suudenly the game appeared in task manager running itself. I ended everything and relaunched steam and now ALL my previous libraries are gone and I cannot add more than 1 folder in the same drive. Please help, this is ridiculous.

[Valeriya]

Okay, i'd say you've made a mess of it, but that's okay.
Click on Steam at the top left, then on setting > download > Steam library folder, choose where you want to install games, the folder will be created automatically.

[dingooo]

I have already manually added one of the folders but steam won't allow me to add a second folder from the same drive. That is my issue.

[Valeriya]

I have two folders on two different hard drives, SSD + HDD, honestly two folders on the same drive doesn't make sense, i can't tell you if what you are asking is possible.

[dingooo]

I have been running this for the last year and a half. It has worked with NO issues until today. One folder has 200GB worth of games and the other folder has 1.5TB worth of games. This has not been a problem at all for me.

[dingooo]

The reason I did this to begin with was I ended up using the same HDD on a new PC with new windows. When I first installed steam I had made a new Steam Library but also allowed me to use the old folder with previously installed games.

[JPMcMillen]

By default, Steam will not allow you to have two install folders on the same HDD. There is supposed to be a way to do it by editing a file in the Steam client install folder, but I don't know exactly how that's done.

This was allowed in the past, but it hasn't been possible to create a 2nd folder on a HDD for quite a while.

[Valeriya]

it is possible if you create two partitions, then you can create two libraries on the same hdd but on two separate partitions.

[JPMcMillen]

Originally posted by 𝓑𝓵𝓾𝓮𝓫𝓲𝓻𝓭:

it is possible if you create two partitions.

OK, you can't have two install folders on the same partition.

But considering that the vast majority of computer users only have one usable partition per HDD, it's is all but the same thing. If a drive has a 2nd partition, it's usually a recovery partition used to reinstall the system from scratch.

[dingooo]

So basically I'm f*cked because a videogame decided to ♥♥♥♥ itself?

[JPMcMillen]

Originally posted by Dingooo:

So basically I'm f*cked because a videogame decided to ♥♥♥♥ itself?

As I said, there's supposed to be a way to do it, but I don't know the details. Search the forums and I'm sure you can find posts about how to do it.

[Billthechef3909]

I need help, I'm trying to add a new external ssd to my PS4 linux steam setup. But when I push on the add drive nothing happens, it just closes the add drive box. I've also followed the instructions to go to downloads then click on steam folder but no such option exists. Please help. Thanks

[Iceira]

Originally posted by Billthechef3909:

I need help, I'm trying to add a new external ssd to my PS4 linux steam setup. But when I push on the add drive nothing happens, it just closes the add drive box. I've also followed the instructions to go to downloads then click on steam folder but no such option exists. Please help. Thanks

try ask the experts in linux own group, they should know all the issue whats wrong, i think.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/

[Rosa]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.