Added an SSD now can't "see" games - BETTER SOLUTION FOUND

[adrian]

I've added a Solid State Drive as my "boot" drive (ie C:/) loaded with Windows etc, and relegated my old primary drive to D:/ ... so now ALL my STEAM games are on D:/ but don't seem to be visable to my Steam client ... I have LOTS and don't really want to download them all again. Any suggestions?

[Pheace]

How did you start Steam? Reinstalled it in your fresh windows? Or did you start the Steam.exe in the original location (but now D: instead of C:)

[adrian]

errrr, think I re-installed it onto my fresh C: ... if I just run my D:/???????/steam.exe will that work?

[Felix]

Originally posted by adrian:

if I just run my D:/???????/steam.exe will that work?

Yes.

Your install of Steam on C:/ is looking for games on the C:/ Drive, whereas your install on D:/ will be looking for games on the D:/ drive.

[adrian]

Thanks - that works - for others who may read this ... had to re-authorise that it was, indeed, "my" account ... and it had to update etc. Seems I can't have both (a C: version, AND a D: version) but as I'd only installed one game onto the "new" drive this is fine. Thx again.

[adrian]

BETTER SOLUTION ... just found ... under "Steam" (ie very top left of Steam screen), click settings from the drop-down ... then DOWNLOADS + CLOUD, then STEAM LIBARY FOLDERS ... and simply add your further drive(s) ... EASY!