How can I fix my symbolic link?

Question

I have an external SSD to store the Sims 4, and all my mods and custom content for the game. The game however, requires the mods folder to be in my document's folder on my computer. To resolve this, I decided to move the game to my computer, but establish a symbolic link between the mod folder on my laptop and the mod folder on my SSD, this way, I wouldn't need to have to store them all on my computer, but the game could still "find" them. The issue is that I found out that the symbolic link isn't actually "pointing to" the other mods folder, but instead, is copying all my files from the other mod folder, onto my PC, and is taking up storage in the cloud. This is the "code" for the symbolic link I've been using. Is there anyway to fix it so that the link doesn't just copy all the files on my computer, but actually takes me to the other folder when I click on it? Also! I'm not a super techy person at all, I just followed a youtube tutorial to make this. If possible, please explain in lay man terms

mklink /D "C:\Users\Marve\OneDrive\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods" "D:\The Sims 4\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods"

Answer 1

Hi Marvellous Ajie

Thanks for your post. The function CreateSymbolicLink allows you to create symbolic links using either an absolute or relative path. Symbolic links can either be absolute or relative links. Absolute links are links that specify each portion of the path name; relative links are determined relative to where relative–link specifiers are in a specified path. Relative links are specified using the following conventions.

Reference: Creating Symbolic Links - Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn

Note that please open cmd instead of Powershell. Also, please move it entirely to the external ssd instead of coping it.

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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