What happened? The buggy update must have corrupted my steam installation. It works from the external hard drive again. Last edited by Cyberdude ; 10 Sep, am. Showing 1 - 2 of 2 comments. If the games are on your harddrive and exist in To read more about Games appearing as uninstalled in Steam, read here.
It didn't detect the files when I clicked install like that article said. This is an advanced command called symbolic link. There are pros and cons to using symbolic link.
I don't advise using this unless you really know what you are doing. As I'm guessing you want to move this data to an external storage device probably usb you need to know that a under certain conditions a usb can and sometimes does change the device designation and that places the data to another location where it won't be in the expected location. If you are contemplating this now I recommend you get a larger system device NOW before the system gets more complicated then it is because my guess is things will not get better.
Windows is known to be sloppy and leave data that will probably never get user again. Getting a 1Tb device means you probably won't have to worry about free space. This depends in part on the connection speed of your external, and in part on what type of drive it is, but you will be sacrificing some performance. If you're okay with that, it's certainly doable.
There are two separate sets of data: the game's program files the game itself that gets installed from Origin , and your user data your saves, mods, custom content, etc.
Installing the program files on your external drive isn't complicated, and maybe you've already done this. It's best to keep Origin itself on the internal drive though, and not usually a problem since it takes up so little space. If you have actually moved any Origin files, please uninstall Origin completely and reinstall it from scratch on your internal drive.
That means deleting anything you've moved to the external drive, then uninstalling Origin "the hard way" and reinstalling. If you never actually moved Origin or any of its files not the game, just Origin , you can skip this step. But if you're not sure whether all its files are intact, it's better to uninstall and reinstall from scratch.
For the Sims 4 program files, you can change the location when you install, or you can usually tell Origin to move the files itself.
Be sure to make a folder on the external drive into which the game will go don't name it Sims 4 or Electronic Arts , as it's usually not possible, and definitely not a good idea, to install the game directly onto the drive without using a folder.
If the game is still on your internal drive and you want to move it without reinstalling, open your Origin game library, right-click on the Sims 4 icon, and select Move Game, then pick the folder you've made on the external drive. The specific game I have tried is Metro Exodus. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.
I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. If the app is not recognizing the drive as a storage medium then try formatting the drive and see if that helps. Why can't I play games from Epic Games Launcher on an external hard drive?
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Status Not open for further replies. Previous Next Sort by votes. May 15, 2 0 10 0. Hello, I have a problem! I bought an external hard drive and installed Fortnite on it. The game worked, but when I disconnected the hard drive and pluged it again, the Epic Games Launcher didn't recognized the game files, and it tells me to install it again. Mar 25, 19, , 7, Run the setup again on the drive, as long as the drive letter is the same as when you first installed it it should work, so there is something else happening that the launcher does not like.
Better idea is to get a larger SSD or just keep less games on the thing. Is the drive letter the same as when you installed it? Using external drives to install programs on is not a good idea. Yes it is. And I know, but I got only ssd on my laptop and it doesn't have space for all games. Similar threads Question Keyboard keys getting pressed automatically. Question Gaming Laptop with low performance on games Question Should I sell my gaming desktop and Macbook for a gaming laptop?
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