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Steam and Install paths

PostPosted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:06 pm

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Quick question does anyone know how to change the install paths for steam? I installed Deus Ex and it will not give me the option of where I want to put it and just plonks on my OS drive. :smack:
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Re: Steam and Install paths

PostPosted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:21 pm

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See if this is any help mate. Looks like you'd have to change the location of your steam install too https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -tdlc-0426 :)
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Re: Steam and Install paths

PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:02 am

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Steam installs to its steamapps/common folder and nowhere else. The only way I know of to change an install directory would be to change the directory where steam itself is installed (which, without clicking MS's link, I suspect would involve removing and reinstalling Steam).
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Re: Steam and Install paths

PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:47 am

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Exactly as the others have said. This is why I have Steam installed on my Data partition.
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Re: Steam and Install paths

PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 5:52 am

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This is where Linux/Macs have the advantage, you can't map the folder to a sub directory on another drive. So you are left with only installing steam on a new drive partition that has the space. Annoying as heck unfortunately. GL.
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Re: Steam and Install paths

PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2011 5:53 pm

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Moving steam itself shouldn't be a huge difficulty as I don't believe the program itself is a very large file to download and install. Just move the aforementioned folder that contains your games and uninstall, reinstall to your new desired location directory, and plop the preserved folder into its new steam home. Launch steam, it finds all the games, and presto. Note: I have not tried this myself, but find little reason to see why it wouldn't work. On the other hand, if you have a lot of data in the Common folder and you're moving it to another partition/HD, copying it over could take a while (though still faster than downloading it all again).
hoott19 wrote:There are many drinks that are drunk by the people.So, the mostly, person like to have beer. They like because of it's benifit. The benifiti is that it hepls to reduce fat from the body and make the mental calm.
[WoW] This type of games should be up dated as soon as possible. Because there are many people that ere very found of such games. As these are very help full for make the brain power full and strong. So, mentaly strongness is the need of this presant era.

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