Moved the SteamLibrary folder and now Steam won't recognize the folder

[ThermiteBlaze]

I recently got a new SSD and wanted to move my files on there, so I did. Now Steam won't load the files from the new folder. I've tried multiple things, but I haven't gotten it to work.

I really, really don't want to have to download all my games again (that would take a week since the internet I have with my other roommates isn't exactly top-notch)

Can anyone help?

[Zukabazuka]

Have you made that folder in the download settings?

[ThermiteBlaze]

Originally posted by Zukabazuka:

Have you made that folder in the download settings?

Not really too sure what you mean by that.

[Zukabazuka]

Originally posted by CyclicFunction:

Originally posted by Zukabazuka:

Have you made that folder in the download settings?

Not really too sure what you mean by that.

Go to your settings, there is a downloads tab, go in to that one. There you will find a button called "Steam library folder" push it and add the folder to that one. Then steam should be able to detect those games.

[ThermiteBlaze]

I tried that; it tells me that it "failed to add folder"

[Zukabazuka]

Well did read that you couldn't have more than 10 folders or something. Might be wrong, but if you do have 10 folders remove one.

Otherwise I don't know how you managed to get that error.

[Silicon Vampire]

The folder structure needs to be something like this:

X:\auxgames/SteamApps/common

Where X is the drive letter of your drive and auxgames is a folder you create on it.

and you would need to have any game folders from the common folder copied as well as the appropriate .acf files from SteamApps.

keep everything in the proper location, then tell Steam about the auxgames folder.

edit -------------------------

I'd verify the game files for each game and it will have to reinstall for the first time again, in most cases.

[ThermiteBlaze]

I'm not sure either. The folder is called "SteamLibrary." No idea how/why Steam won't just use that....

I'm seriously beginning to regret buying this SSD

[Silicon Vampire]

Do you have SteamApps in SteamLibrary, as well as the appropriate .acf files within SteamApps?

[ThermiteBlaze]

Originally posted by Silicon Vampire:

The folder structure needs to be something like this:

X:\auxgames/SteamApps/common

Where X is the drive letter of your drive and auxgames is a folder you create on it.

and you would need to have any game folders from the common folder copied as well as the appropriate .acf files from SteamApps.

keep everything in the proper location, then tell Steam about the auxgames folder.

Quick question about this: do I have to make an entirely new folder or can I just rename the current one?

And also, I believe I do have the appropriate acf files

[Silicon Vampire]

the name of the folder is irrelevant. the structure beneath it is relevant.

x:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps... is fine but everything MUST be in the proper place.

SteamApps holds the common folder AND the .acf files for the games in the common folder.

[ThermiteBlaze]

Originally posted by Silicon Vampire:

the name of the folder is irrelevant. the structure beneath it is relevant.

x:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps... is fine but everything MUST be in the proper place.

Okay, when I click on my SteamLibrary folder, I see a steamapps folder with a steam.dll file. If I open steamapps, I see a file named common and a bunch of appmanifest_(somenumber here).acf files.

Not sure if this matters, but my SteamLibrary folder is in the Steam folder itself (as in, it's in Program Files (x86), then a big folder named Steam, not the smaller one inside of the Steam folder)

[Silicon Vampire]

Originally posted by CyclicFunction:

Not sure if this matters, but my SteamLibrary folder is in the Steam folder itself

That should only be true if it is your install location for Steam itself. And everything in it would be recognized without having to assign a location... did you copy you whole steam install folder over but still running it from the old location? This is getting confusing...

I think we need to take a step back a minute.

show me the exact directory structure down the common folder discussed earlier.

i.e. x:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common

[ThermiteBlaze]

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common

[Silicon Vampire]

Is this on your SSD? Are you running Steam from your SSD?

[ThermiteBlaze]

Yes, this is from the SSD. What I did is I cloned my old C drive onto the SSD, then swapped the 2. Then I wanted to move my games from my other hard drive and make the old hard drive(s) serve backup/document duty.