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I tried organizing all the files on my hdd and putting all files in folders so for example my origin games is in (downloads > game services > Origin) but everytime i start origin the Program files (x86) folder appears outside of the folders and not where i want it to be. why? how do i fix this?

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11 minutes ago, smiles rising said:

I tried organizing all the files on my hdd and putting all files in folders so for example my origin games is in (downloads > game services > Origin) but everytime i start origin the Program files (x86) folder appears outside of the folders and not where i want it to be. why? how do i fix this?

You can't move it because it's a system folder and Windows relys on it being where it should be.

 

Ftr moving folder locations after installing is a sure fire way to break things, either adjust installation location while installing or leave things alone.

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Try install fresh to the desired location instead

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37 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

You can't move it because it's a system folder and Windows relys on it being where it should be.

 

Ftr moving folder locations after installing is a sure fire way to break things, either adjust installation location while installing or leave things alone.

the file only contains origin so i highly doubt that windows is dependent on that. i have the folder on both my ssd and the hdd...

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3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Try install fresh to the desired location instead

i did that but the folder still ends upp outside of the folder its supposed to be in

 

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Just now, smiles rising said:

i did that but the folder still ends upp outside of the folder its supposed to be in

 

Check settings on whether you can change locations of more files (some apps let you choose where to dump extra stuff), otherwise the app is just programmed to do that and you can do nothing.

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4 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Check settings on whether you can change locations of more files (some apps let you choose where to dump extra stuff), otherwise the app is just programmed to do that and you can do nothing.

in origin everything is changed to the correct folder but it still apperas when i try to move/delete it. the folder is empty so i see no reason why its there...

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36 minutes ago, smiles rising said:

in origin everything is changed to the correct folder but it still apperas when i try to move/delete it. the folder is empty so i see no reason why its there...

Could be hidden files that only exist in certain times

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10 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Could be hidden files that only exist in certain times

yeah that could be true.. what a bummer ?

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You can change the Origin game download location in Origin settings. You need to change that rather than moving Program Files (x86), because that directory location is hard coded by Windows, and needs to be at C:\Program Files (x86) for the programs in it to work properly. If you move the directory, programs will still use the hard coded path, and either put files in C:\Program Files (x86) anyway, or try to read files from there and break.

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31 minutes ago, colonel_mortis said:

You can change the Origin game download location in Origin settings. You need to change that rather than moving Program Files (x86), because that directory location is hard coded by Windows, and needs to be at C:\Program Files (x86) for the programs in it to work properly. If you move the directory, programs will still use the hard coded path, and either put files in C:\Program Files (x86) anyway, or try to read files from there and break.

You're wasting your time Mortis, I already explained this and he argued I was wrong so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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31 minutes ago, colonel_mortis said:

You can change the Origin game download location in Origin settings. You need to change that rather than moving Program Files (x86), because that directory location is hard coded by Windows, and needs to be at C:\Program Files (x86) for the programs in it to work properly. If you move the directory, programs will still use the hard coded path, and either put files in C:\Program Files (x86) anyway, or try to read files from there and break.

i got it working now, thanks! i thought i changed the download location but apparently not.. thanks ?

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Just now, Master Disaster said:

You're wasting your time Mortis, I already explained this and he argued I was wrong so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

i didn't argue.. i said that i dont think that windows is depending on the file. but my mistake

 

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