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Ankh

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Posted: Tue, 14th Apr 2009 21:55 Post subject: Steam Question	Quick Quote Quote

After I've installed Steam - how can I select where the games are to be installed? Will they automatically end up in the same directory as steam? (Ive got it installed on C: atm but dont want the games to be on that one) shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.

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sabin1981
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Posted: Tue, 14th Apr 2009 21:58 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

You can't mate, Steam installs all programs/data into Steam\SteamApps and there's no way to change it. Best solution? Uninstall Steam and reinstall it on a HDD that has enough space. I had to do the same, now my Steam install is on my Games HDD

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Posted: Tue, 14th Apr 2009 22:00 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Cheers for the incredible fast reply Ive only just reinstalled Steam so its no real problem to install it again shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.

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Posted: Tue, 14th Apr 2009 22:02 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

No probs! I was already browsing the help section

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shole

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Posted: Tue, 14th Apr 2009 23:25 Post subject:

you don't have to delete the games!
i hope i was quick enough Smile

(edit: over an hour... i guess i wasn't)
just move the entire installation to the new drive, delete the registry file and start steam and it should work fine
did for me

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All you have to do is copy and paste the folder, and delete the clientregistry.blob file, and all will be fine.

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Ankh

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Posted: Wed, 15th Apr 2009 06:13 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Ta for telling, but I had not installed the games yet shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.

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Posted: Wed, 15th Apr 2009 06:19 Post subject:

sabin1981 wrote:

You can't mate, Steam installs *all* programs/data into Steam\SteamApps and there's no way to change it. Best solution? Uninstall Steam and reinstall it on a HDD that has enough space.

I had to do the same, now my Steam install is on my Games HDD Smile

Ha, but this is not true at all. Very Happy

The answer: Hard links. Steam thinks the folder of apps is where it is supposed to be, whereas it actually sits in a different location completely. Smile

Use this tool.

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Posted: Wed, 15th Apr 2009 06:51 Post subject:

iNatan wrote:

Use this tool.

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Posted: Wed, 15th Apr 2009 06:56 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

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Posted: Wed, 15th Apr 2009 08:59 Post subject:

iNatan wrote:

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Ha, but this is not true at all. Very Happy

The answer: Hard links. Steam thinks the folder of apps is where it is supposed to be, whereas it actually sits in a different location completely. Smile

Use this tool.

Good catch, but meh! That's a whole lotta work just to tell Steam where the files are Razz

..... seriously though, good find.

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Posted: Wed, 15th Apr 2009 09:09 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I used to use a similar tool a long time ago (XP days), when I used to have all the Source games installed at once. Didn't have a huge disk(s) back then, so it was great. My IMDb Ratings \| Fix NFOHump Cookies \| Hide Users / Threads \| Embedded Content (Videos/GIFs/Twitter/Reddit) \| The Derps Collection Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.

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Posted: Wed, 22nd Apr 2009 20:43 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Yeah, NTFS junction points are cool. And they only need a one-time use of that commandline tool, then you're set. Got to be a little careful though, they aren't shortcuts, deleting means deleting