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Solution to move mods from C:/ to D:/

By Réyole

A way to definitely fix the mods flooding your precious "C:\" directory of your little HDD/SSD using the holy method of the "symbolic link".

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Solution to Change location of Addon from C:\ to D:\

Now how to do it ? Here's how :

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Solution to Change location of Addon from C:\ to D:\

I've already explained it in another thread but here's a solution.

Some software/game like Oculus or here Reforger like to force download file inside the HDD/SSD where Windows is installed, and don't let you choose a specific installation folder.
Yes it's pretty frustrating, but of course there's a simple fix to this.

What you want to do is a symbolic link from a folder in C:\ to a folder in D:\, what it does is simply make your pc think that it will install file in C:\ but in fact all the file are gonna be installed in D:\.

You can see sort of an analogy with game shortcut you have on your desktop, you click on an icon on your desktop that is located in C:\User\desktop but it will execute a .exe file in D:\Programm Files\Steamapp\YourGame.

Now how to do it ? Here's how :

!! Read fully each step before doing it !!

1- Locate where the mods are downloaded, i think the path is "C:\Users\User\Documents\My Games\ArmaReforger\addons".

2- Delete all the mods inside "addons" or move them in a temporary folder if you don't want to Re-DL every mods you have.

3- Delete the "addons" folder located in "C:\Users\User\Documents\My Games\ArmaReforger\addons".

4- Open windows CMD as admin and enter this line of command :
mklink /D "C:\Users\User\Documents\My Games\ArmaReforger\addons" "D:\FolderWhereYouWantTheMods"
there is a space in between like this : mklink /D "C:\..." "D:\..."
it will create a folder "addons" with a symbolic link to "FolderWhereYouWantTheMods"
You should have a message saying the symbolic link has been made.

5- If you didn't delete all of your mods it's time to put it back in "D:\FolderWhereYouWantTheMods"

6- Enjoy :headcrab:

Explanation for the Nerds

"mk" stand for "make link"
"/D" means that you want to create a symbolic link, which is a "Directory" type and not just a file.

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Réyole [author] 3 Jul @ 3:52pm

If you currently have mods installed but you don't know where they are, you could try using "Everything" software ( here : https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/ ) which scan your entire C drive and make you able to easily search the folder where you have your mods with a simple search bar, try typing ArmaReforger and see the path where the folder is.

By default, if you have 2 drive (C where windows is and D where you game is) the mods are installing in your C drive, so it's strange you have nothing.

If you don't have mod installed, i would advise you to download an arbitrary mod for the "ArmaReforger" folder to be created and then do what i've explained in the guide

alron1 3 Jul @ 3:06pm

dosent work for me because i dont have a my documents folder and under my c drive i looked through everything and cant find a arma reforger files on it

Ben'wah 3 Jul @ 7:04am

im ngl you don't even WANT one drive installed, and I'm not sure it would work for these purposes because its not on your drive, its a cloud storage service. my advice to you is, if your MOBO has an m.2 slot to buy an m.2 drive. theyre relatively cheap, I got one on amazon thats 2TB for 90 bucks.

Réyole [author] 2 Jul @ 3:10pm

Imagine using onedrive

Broken Nalgene 2 Jul @ 1:00pm

Could you explain how to do this for onedrive? am caveman with magic game box

ekrazatator 2 Jul @ 10:00am

live saver, thanks bro

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