How do I tell Steam where my library of games is located?

[Flariz]

TL;DR I renamed some folder and now Steam thinks I have no games installed when I in fact do. I try to point it to the new folder but I just can’t find a way, it refuses, and its frankly driving me crazy. How do you do this?

[Iceira]

You make new at root or point exatly at other location

Steam multi disk new default location ( or next letter )
D:\SteamLibrary

then move old content to new location.

[Flariz]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Iceira:

you make new at root or point exatly at other location

steam multi disk new location
D:\SteamLibrary

then move old conten to new location.

I guess so... isnt there a way of telling it I want to use location on D disk that already has all my games instead of wasting time copying and pasting them to the default place? Seems like it would be the most obvious solution...

Not to mention the reason I keep the games on D disk in the first place is because it has a LOT more size than disk C. I cant even fit all my games on C.

[Iceira]

accept new location or deal with system right issue, this is what has happend for many steam user, inherit rights is the problem in the sub folder. ( and its own system rights security that cause them ) and thats why steam had enough of this and made own ROOT folder.

steam has solve 2 things here, they are master ROOT now, so security cant undo or fiddle with it. ( and user dont forget steam games in the program files then they wipe content.

[Flariz]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Iceira:

accept new location or deal with system right issue, this is what has happend for many steam user, inherit rights is the problem in the sub folder. ( and its own system rights security that cause them ) and thats why steam had enough of this and made own ROOT folder.

What an atrocious design it has then lol.

I simply want it to point to a new folder... not hard. I am not asking for the wheel to be reinvented its a pretty damn simple request.

[Iceira]

im sorry things has change not even steam faulth. ( see what Ms did with Document and folder access ) this has been use by game devs sense 16bit system, its not that simple and after ransom ware it rise even more.

if you install steam at d-drev and what to use c-drev program files as other steam lib it will not work. ( and yes you can get it to work then you fiddle with administrtor rights. ) and made user with them,

I can only tell you this, much easier to accpet steam default location, because old ways with warning that dont give root rigths is wrong, they should have said with root rights other cant get higher and stop rights. ( they did not explan that backthen ) or maybe we ae user was not told/learn this.


dont forget we are talking about administator system rights and user rights , they are not same then you install a game or just start it. ( many know this but thats not same as know how to deal with it. )

Accept ROOT is king, ( i have not had a hickup over 2-4 years , cant remember then i got that exatly same issue as you did, but also then steam point at ":\SteamLibrary"
all problem solved.

[Iceira]

just a a good point even windows is at root ( before some get rant with i want to controll where my games is installed ) so ROOT rights matter.

[tintingaroo]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Flariz:

TL;DR I renamed some folder and now Steam thinks I have no games installed when I in fact do. I try to point it to the new folder but I just can’t find a way, it refuses, and its frankly driving me crazy. How do you do this?

Steam > Settings > Storage > Add Drive > (click the drop-down box) Let me choose another location > Add > Select the folder (would want the folder that contains the steamapps folder) > Add

[Satoru]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2937159382

It takes like 3 clicks to add a previous steam library to steam. Every PC rebuild I do, I simply point steam to the directory for each drive. Automatically adds all the games. Takes less than 1 minute to do all 6 drives I have

[Flariz]

Well thanks but I already moved them, I had to basically reinstall most of them again but at least I kept my settings and are now on Disk D... even though its on another folder altogether.

It baffles me Steam makes this so needlessly complicated it needs a full on guide. It SHOULDNT even need a guide to begin with! Just add a menu where you tell it the folder you want it to use... that’s it! FFS.

[Iceira]

Steam is not resposible for your system security change or update. steam is a store that launche games through it, then you start to understand this, then you know what i ment with something has happend to steam and why they move it to new location.

Same as i explan with Document folder that game devs has used for over 2 decads and even older games once work now dont.

Game devs do not go back and fix 2 decads made titles ago so they work now, ( respect for them game devs that do this. )

[Flariz]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Iceira:

Steam is not resposible for your system security change or update. steam is a store that launche games through it, then you start to understand this, then you know what i ment with something has happend to steam and why they move it to new location.

Same as i explan with Document folder that game devs has used for over 2 decads and even older games once work now dont.

Game devs do not go back and fix 2 decads made titles ago so they work now, ( respect for them game devs that do this. )

Fine then, add a warning or something if we attempt to move the games outside whatever they deem the default, I dont care, I just want to move the games I BOUGHT however I want on my PC...

[Iceira]

There is 1 billion steam account, steam do not make mass notifications.

Then you click add it tell you where default place should be as recommendations, if you choise other place then deal with your security issue.

most here as helper will not take each steam user though administrator rights and users rights. its actual that complicate for normal users.


ps.
Stop think im hard one you just wait to you learn old user from the past, they was even more master f files because DOS age teach them to do so, or it will be mixup in data, all this change through time to next OS and its here we are today, and we still see pc terms from old times as basic core ways, and we still get them effect from past time.
as i said things is complicated if you want to play a game from the past with admin rights. they was born such. ( such gamers is still in steam )

and now steam is feed up, "i bet" with steam own apps in subdir, with lost rights issue because users or system did it.

[Lord Hylia]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von tintingaroo:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Flariz:

TL;DR I renamed some folder and now Steam thinks I have no games installed when I in fact do. I try to point it to the new folder but I just can’t find a way, it refuses, and its frankly driving me crazy. How do you do this?

Steam > Settings > Storage > Add Drive > (click the drop-down box) Let me choose another location > Add > Select the folder (would want the folder that contains the steamapps folder) > Add

it just tells me that the "steam library folder is not empty" and then nothing else, does not detect or add the games that I just pointed it to to the library.

[tintingaroo]

You're selecting the Library folder? .../SELECT_THIS_FOLDER/steamapps/common/...

[Lord Hylia]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von tintingaroo:

You're selecting the Library folder? .../SELECT_THIS_FOLDER/steamapps/common/...

yes I did, I've since delete the file... but I am still got the message, had to make another folder for that to go into and it finally allowed me to make a folder to start reinstalling the games.