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Is It Possible To Move The Live Folder to Another Drive?

Adonexus
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Hello, I would like to have all my ESO files on my second drive ( drive D: ) which I use for my games. Is there a way that I can move the live folder from my documents to my D: drive?
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  • Adonexus
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    Sorry, my drive name was turned into an emoji. The second drive, where I would like my files to be in the D drive
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  • M0R_Gaming
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    lol

    As far as I know, theres not a direct setting you can change. However, you might be able to use a symlink maybe?
    Open up command prompt, and then you should be able to use the following command to create a symlink (like a shortcut connecting 2 locations)
    mklink /D LinkName TargetFolder
    
    or if that doesn't work
    mklink /J LinkName TargetFolder
    

    For example:
    mklink /J "C:\Users\Name\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online" "D:\ESOFolderMovedFromDocuments"
    

    (disclaimer: I don't actually know if this will work, backup your eso folder before trying it)
    Edited by M0R_Gaming on January 13, 2022 8:56PM
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  • Adonexus
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    M0R_Gaming wrote: »
    lol

    As far as I know, theres not a direct setting you can change. However, you might be able to use a symlink maybe?
    Open up command prompt, and then you should be able to use the following command to create a symlink (like a shortcut connecting 2 locations)
    mklink /D LinkName TargetFolder
    
    or if that doesn't work
    mklink /J LinkName TargetFolder
    

    For example:
    mklink /J "C:\Users\Name\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online" "D:\ESOFolderMovedFromDocuments"
    

    (disclaimer: I don't actually know if this will work, backup your eso folder before trying it)

    I tried using this mklink /D "C:\Users\gsoto\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live" "D:\ESO Live Folder"

    I first tried with the live folder still in its original location and cmd said it couldnt create a folder that already exists

    I then tried removing the live folder and re enterind the line above. Cmd said it couldnt find the address.

    What am I doing wrong?
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  • Amottica
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    @ZOS_BillE may have a suggestion.
  • M0R_Gaming
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    Adonexus wrote: »
    M0R_Gaming wrote: »
    lol

    As far as I know, theres not a direct setting you can change. However, you might be able to use a symlink maybe?
    Open up command prompt, and then you should be able to use the following command to create a symlink (like a shortcut connecting 2 locations)
    mklink /D LinkName TargetFolder
    
    or if that doesn't work
    mklink /J LinkName TargetFolder
    

    For example:
    mklink /J "C:\Users\Name\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online" "D:\ESOFolderMovedFromDocuments"
    

    (disclaimer: I don't actually know if this will work, backup your eso folder before trying it)

    I tried using this mklink /D "C:\Users\gsoto\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live" "D:\ESO Live Folder"

    I first tried with the live folder still in its original location and cmd said it couldnt create a folder that already exists

    I then tried removing the live folder and re enterind the line above. Cmd said it couldnt find the address.

    What am I doing wrong?

    Ya idk lol. Maybe try /J instead of /D? If that doesn't work, then ya, I'm out of ideas. ZOS_BillE might be able to help you more

    Edit: I just tried it with a USB drive, and it worked for me (didn't launch the game, but it worked for linking): The exact command I used was
    mklink /D "C:\Users\[Name]\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live" "D:\ESO Live Folder\"
    
    This successfully created a folder named live in my eso folder which linked to my copied folder. Was everything spelt correctly?
    Edited by M0R_Gaming on January 13, 2022 11:02PM
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  • Adonexus
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    I got it working. Thank you all!
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  • Baertram
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    As the live folder is in your documents folder of windows you might also just change the documents folder of your windows user to another drive then and it will move with it.

    old e.g c:\users\your windows user name\documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live\
    new after you changed your documents folder to d: (I think you can right click it at the file explorer navigation panel at the left -> properties and change the folder there):
    d:\documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live\
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