steam install location question

[jamese669]

so bassicly im gona reinstall windows 7 and i have all my steam games on a seperate drive will steam detect these games and folder when i reinstall windows

 

[Vitalius]

Yes, but only if you tell it to.

Open Steam.

Go to View.
Go to Settings.
Click the "Downloads" tab.
Click the "Steam Library Folders" button.
Click the "Add Library Folder" button.

Then select the Steam Library folder on your other Drive. It should auto-detect all the games in that folder. If it doesn't, just click each game and set it to Install on that same Library Folder and it will auto-detect all of it and instantly be installed.

That should do it. Good luck. :)

[terralysis]

Once you re-install Win7 and Steam, go into your Steam settings. Add your secondary drive games folder under Steam Library and Steam will automatically recognize the games.

[jamese669]

Yes, but only if you tell it to.

Open Steam.

Go to View.

Go to Settings.

Click the "Downloads" tab.

Click the "Steam Library Folders" button.

Click the "Add Library Folder" button.

Then select the Steam Library folder on your other Drive. It should auto-detect all the games in that folder. If it doesn't, just click each game and set it to Install on that same Library Folder and it will auto-detect all of it and instantly be installed.

That should do it. Good luck. :)

 

 

Once you re-install Win7 and Steam, go into your Steam settings. Add your secondary drive games folder under Steam Game Folders and Steam will automatically recognize the games.

 

 

 

Cheers guys  :) much appreciated :)

[L.E.D]

Yes, but only if you tell it to.

Open Steam.

Go to View.

Go to Settings.

Click the "Downloads" tab.

Click the "Steam Library Folders" button.

Click the "Add Library Folder" button.

Then select the Steam Library folder on your other Drive. It should auto-detect all the games in that folder. If it doesn't, just click each game and set it to Install on that same Library Folder and it will auto-detect all of it and instantly be installed.

That should do it. Good luck. :)

 

Wow I wish I had known of this before ... I usually just install the game move it then create a symbolic link.... Oh well good to know now lol

[Godlygamer23]

And, when you go to install the game, you can create a new library folder there too.

[terralysis]

Wow I wish I had known of this before ... I usually just install the game move it then create a symbolic link.... Oh well good to know now lol

 

I have Steam installed on my 120gb OS ssd and I install games on a hard drive, so creating an extra steam library folder for the hdd is super convenient.

[mc141]

just remember some games will only install install in the steam app directory but its only a few games ojt there with that requirement

[Godlygamer23]

just remember some games will only install install in the steam app directory but its only a few games ojt there with that requirement

Which games?

[heineygoat]

When did they introduce this feature? I've had my account for 9 years and I wish I knew this lol.

[Godlygamer23]

When did they introduce this feature? I've had my account for 9 years and I wish I knew this lol.

Maybe a year ago.