How to Move Steam Games & Libraries (2024)

[@gamerpoets]

Since my last video on this topic Steam has moved everything to "Storage" under "Settings". This video reflects that, among other things. I hope you're doing well out there 😉 Going to work on a video for stopping Steam updates. 💓 Patreon | Help Me Continue | bit.ly/HelpGamerPoets 💓 Ko-Fi | Patreon Alternative | ko-fi.com/gamerpoets 💓 PayPal | Tip Jar | goo.gl/oTXR6P

[@BeerusTVDB]

Im done with Steam. Gog for me!

[@moxiesaint-clare4257]

Help. I left a message explaining my predicament.

[@KitKat4_X3]

I don't seem to have other druves. Do I have to buy a physical hard drive?

[@MJ-mk8jg]

This 60 year old gamer from Yorkshire was just wondering about how to do this, very much appreciated.

[@gamerpoets]

Glad it helped = )

[@owlsdragons906]

This 56 year old gamer was in the same spot. Love your videos, they are so much help. Thank you!

[@bradilly]

A niche I never knew could exist: uplifting gaming technical instructions ASMR. Your voice is audiobook worthy but an audiobook wouldn't contain your slick editing 😌 truly an S tier visual and audio experience, that I fancy throwing up on the tv while I'm cooking.

[@MonolithTMA]

I've been doing this since before Steam made it a feature; I had to use a third party app back in the day to create the new library. Great guide! I love that your videos are so concise, none of the fluff that some other content creators add.

[@gamerpoets]

Good to see ya, buddy ;)

[@jayshaft3179]

Been a while since I watched your content. Thanks for continuing to give us great tutorials.

[@gamerpoets]

Glad to have you back =)

[@jayshaft3179]

@@gamerpoets Hope you're doing alright health wise and spiritually. I had a complication with the same type of surgery you had. Put me back on leave time for a bit.

[@korecomputers]

Another professional, paced and soothing tutorial! Great work GP!

[@gamerpoets]

😊 🙏

[@dontpissonmee]

i only have one drive, it takes me to file explorer to add a directory but it doesnt do anything after apart from maybe create a steamapps folder but in the drop list the new folder isnt there

[@johngone1nonly]

same

[@Richardinho187]

same here

[@sexychalupa96]

same!!!!

[@rulerofdragons2677]

same

[@recklessglitch]

Yup. Same here, but even if i add an external drive, it tells me i cannot pick a folder, since there already is a library folder on c. Bollocks

[@hiwagusu]

The man here, on top of having a chad voice, gives us clear instructions, without too much talking ! Thank you !

[@kat_eternity2.0]

Thank you so much my friend! It helped me while I was in the process of doing this myself! Love the work you do and I'm proud to be a part of the gamerpoets team! Go team GP!

[@pedroalfaro1835]

Good to see you back. You make modding a lot more enjoyable and a lot stressing than it needs to be.

[@gamerpoets]

thats my intention = ) Glad to hear it

[@yggdrasil75]

its nice that the storage settings are in the right category finally

[@gamerpoets]

There he is! ;)

[@neoxenia7014]

Dude in case nobody has told you. You are super charismatic, I love the style of your videos, really well done. ❤

[@gamerpoets]

I appreciate that = )

[@chaosmeisters6781]

Just discovered your channels. I know most of the stuff you talk about. But I still listen to your videos for chill vibes. It's like gamer nerd ASMR ;-) Thanks for being chill and so thorough in your tutorials.

[@zappetta_]

i could literally use this to fall a sleep while his warm voice navigate me trought infinite games and sowftwares menus till i find morpheus. is always an hustle when u have to fix something, but this made me relax.

[@leagreenall5972]

Thanks mate. Just what I needed as I have a new 4TB NVMe drive arriving... Good to see you again :)

[@gamerpoets]

;)

[@AndyMoore303]

As far as tutorial video's go, this deserves some sort of Michelin star

[@gamerpoets]

Glad you liked the video= ) Thank you

[@Its_Palomino]

I just started modding Skyrim and let me tell you it is not as easy as I thought for someone who recently went from console to PC. I spent $1,700+ on my PC so I gotta add a ton of mods, yk? I was modding FO 4 not long ago with ease but Skyrim is completely different I realized due to its age but your videos are helping me out a ton. I greatly appreciate your videos, especially updating them!

[@ivan_ivanovich_entmt]

Thank you! Exactly what I was searching for... how to specify download path steam FOLDER, not just selecting a drive. Glad it was simple solution that I overlooked.

[@CarpeCerebrum]

I don't even need to do 99% of what your uploads cover, but it's just so relaxing to watch so I watch them through anyway haha

[@gamerpoets]

Glad to have ya hanging out ;)

[@mikkotahtinen]

Awesome - Step by step. No unnecessary talking. Really easy to follow, and a relaxing voice that you feel that you can trust and easy follow. Thank you - more youtubers should learn to do the way you do it. Cheers from Sweden.

[@gamerpoets]

Thank you for your kind words 🙏 😊

[@CarlWheatley-wi2cl]

Creating that additional row on the same drive with the Steam Drive download tool was the sticky point for me but this vid cleared it up. Neither the readme of the tool itself or other YT vids explain this very well. Many thanks.

[@thomaswhydoihavetotypemyna7503]

Thanks for the video! After a few years, I finally decided to play Skyrim again on a new rig (fully modded of course), but for the life of me I couldn't figure out why I wasn't able to create a second SteamApps for Skyrim. Took me a while before I finally stumbled on the video. I was a bit hesitant at first to use admin rights to execute a random .exe file, but everything seems to be working perfectly. Thanks again!

[@nojuice457]

ty sir. commenting for the algo. great voice, great video. have a good week, man.

[@gamerpoets]

I hope you have a good week, too = )

[@DonMegaWatt]

Amazing video. Short, clear, well-illustrated. Quality stuff. Very much appreciated.

[@djm.o.d.1]

lol I know thats a headache to do but I love all the little things you add of you pointing and things! keep being awesome man, and keep up the excellent work!

[@isaacpost8138]

This does not seem to work anymore, at least for me. In an attempt to create a second steam directory on my C drive, outside of program files, it does not create the directory, it creates a steam apps folder but I am unable to move or see the directory while moving, downloading, or browsing directories on steam.

[@BanditHighwayMan]

did you find a solution to this?

[@HoeshiXHazourdos]

Omg I was looking up a tutorial for how to do this and I was like "Hey....THATS THE GUY WITH THE EASY TO FOLLOW SKYRIM MODDING VIDEOS" I love your narration-style tutorial videos so I knew this video was going to be super simple to follow! 😁

[@gamerpoets]

😊 🙏

[@renatolopes1553]

Thanks for the simple and great video! that was exactly what i needed

[@RedDevil-m2f]

Hi @gamerpoets It seem the steam library tool doesn't works now i followed the step but its not working.

[@ozamatazbuckshank6951]

Used your guide today (Jul. 2, 2024) and it still worked like a charm on my heavily modded version of Skyrim. Thanks!

[@gamerpoets]

Appreciate your comment = )

[@nblankensh]

You set yourself high goals and you meet them. Congratulations!

[@gamerpoets]

You're a good dude, sir ;)

[@jacob1369]

Thank you so much!! You are a real one!

[@JL-nb1yc]

This doesn't seem to work for me. Steam doesn't recognize my new folder. :-(

[@litlevil]

watch the second half of the video

[@aryansatvati4161]

I just wanted to say thank you very very very much man you saved my day❤

[@MPG341]

Thank you so much sir! I REALLY needed this!

[@OJW2142]

Straight G! appreciate you man

[@ysmirwulfharth4012]

Looking Good GP! Now we need a video on how to move your MO2 mods for that one game that you had to move to another drive 👀

[@gamerpoets]

I never suggest moving mods from one mod manager to another. It's possible but its never been a perfect process. I can see nothing but complaints in the comments if I made a video on it lol = )

[@ysmirwulfharth4012]

@@gamerpoets Apologies for the misunderstanding; I am not referring to switching to a different mod manager. 😅 What I mean is that I intend to keep MO2, but I want to transfer only the mods themselves to a different drive. For instance, my main drive (1TB) contains MO2 along with Skyrim. I also have modded games like Oblivion and Morrowind on my secondary 2TB drive, with their respective MO2 mod folders located on that drive. Although now Skyrim has been moved to the secondary drive, all of the MO2 mods are still on the main drive. How can I safely relocate the MO2 mod files from the main drive to the secondary drive? :)

[@gamerpoets]

Yes. Go into MO2's settings and you will see the file paths in there. The "Mods" folder is where all of the unpacked mods (the ones you see in the left pane of MO2) are stored. You can cut and paste that folder anywhere and then change the file path to point to it. Before doing anything I always recommned to make back ups. It may cause you to have to reorganize your load order. I haven't done it in a long time.

[@ysmirwulfharth4012]

@@gamerpoets thank you very much! ❤️ I appreciate you for taking the time!

[@ASNnKC913]

@@gamerpoets Do I also need to move my "downloads" and "profiles" folders to the new drive? And what about the others like crashdumps, logs, overwrite, and webcache? Your videos have been really helpful for this newb so thank you lol

[@zirfactor436]

Bro thank god for your existence man.Huge respect.This video helped me out a ton🤗

[@gamerpoets]

😊 🙏

[@heavenly2k]

This dude's voice and demeanor is unmatched.

[@gamerpoets]

😊 🙏

[@WizardDog829]

okay but you have a bunch of different drive and i don't where am i supposed to install the new steam folder? still in the c drive?

[@postmodernmarxistnihilist4282]

Uninstall and reinstall steam outside the program files folder in the same drive if you want. I know some people only have a single drive on their pc. I do, and couldn't change the drive. So I changed the location of the steam itself. That means all the games you've installed will still be on the same drive, but outside of program files location. I don't know why steam doesn't allow us to have more than a single directory per drive, but here we are. And that's your solution. A lot of people complaining lately that their steam version of skyrim not loading with any mods, and they try to reinstall mods, change load order, wasting hours and hours, which I did. Then I tried this, and it finally worked. Well, program files is a protected folder by windows and will automatically block many actions that try to change the way certain apps work, which is exactly what mods are supposed to do.

[@DJHipNaughty]

The executable solved my problem, and you saved me a HUGE headache. Thank you for your help!

[@gamerpoets]

Welcome:)

[@nagypocak2]

Very good and elaborate guide! One question though: at 2:41 I see that folder 0 - F:\Steam is shown as not available and cant be moved. I have the same situation, but that's exactly the folder I want to move (from old HDD to new SSD) there a way to circumvent this? Thx.

[@thewynd]

This was a much needed and well done tutorial as usual. Thank you GP!

[@gamerpoets]

😊 🙏

[@gokuss9999]

Let's say, hypothetically, we only have C Drive, and we downloaded Steam and our games on C Drive and we have no other drive, at all. What would the Steam Library Setup tool do in that case?

[@CarlWheatley-wi2cl]

It creates another folder on that main C drive away from the problematic Program Files x86 etc where you can store your Steam games. You can't just do it manually as Steam won't recognise it as a valid folder for downloads and storage. The Steam Library Set Up tool disguises that folder if you like, so Steam recognises it as its own.

[@George_5050]

Noice. Almost at 100K my dude.

[@gamerpoets]

😉

[@hunter01657]

thank you so much !!!❤❤

[@redline1916]

Unfortunately I only have one drive, and they all go to my program folder. I can't have that happen otherwise I cannot use my mod tool for System Shock.

[@Its_Palomino]

2:11 he tells you here how to do it on one drive.

[@KaptainCanuck]

I only want to move the gameplay files, as in the old days before Steam, like the executable, etc.

[@dominicdemicco]

My dude, love the confidence and energy. Thank you for the help!!

[@gamerpoets]

😊 🙏 you are very welcome

[@MovieReviewGuyOfficial]

Thanks, man! Another great tutorial.

[@gamerpoets]

Thanks for being here = )

[@Samhoneyfield]

Legend bro. Love your channel and your voice.

[@gamerpoets]

😊 🙏

[@crazydrunkenirishdude6503]

You are a life saver man, only person I found that actually helped, you also have a really nice voice, can you read me bedtime stories?

[@boe6455]

Thank you!

[@Ricardo_Rick]

Hello, first of all, thanks for the video, it solved my issue, well, kinda, there was another issue, i was moving everything to a new folder but on the same drive when i got the message: "Moving content for the following apps has failed: -Steamworks Common Redistributables: has shared content" what should i do about that? is that a problem?

[@amateresu6708]

exactly what i needed , was trying to move to a different folder in my C drive but didnt work, thanks

[@RuB0t]

Algorithmic blessings on you! This was the video I needed

[@gamerpoets]

😊 🙏

[@hendrickchazful]

you are the absolute best. You don't babble and get right too it clear and cut and you give all the options. I am currently still having issue with fallout new vegas on windows 11. Hoping this video helps with the other stuff that is not working (like vortex not launching the game which i am trying to do via vortex because it crashes)

[@gamerpoets]

A few modding apps won't work if the games in program files. Hopefully it helps.

[@hendrickchazful]

@@gamerpoets that's why I been following your videos thanks to you I made a separate games folder in the same drive (it's a gaming laptop for "work") and with nvse and the 4gb mod via vortex it's been working find so far no crashing. Before the folder changed it would not even load via vortex at all. And outside of vortex crashing.

[@Alithea_Ancunin]

What a great video! You should make one for trouble shooting. With your voice you'd calm pretty much everyone during a breakdown. So soothing. Anyway, Baldur's Gate 3 still installs a Larian Studios folder in appdata (which contains save games and mods) even though my Steam library is on G: (for games). Why they do that is beyond me. As well as how to change it.

[@hunterofdeath5155]

Thank You young man... Have a great day Michael :)🙃

[@gamerpoets]

😉

[@matthewpiper171]

What a Beautiful Voice you have.

[@shinkuhogoshasatoshi4331]

A true Legend you are

[@gamerpoets]

appreciate ya = )

[@sirdaemon5338]

Is it possible to run two installations of a game using this method.

[@gamerpoets]

I don't think so though not certain. I buy games on gog so I can do that.

[@evanrizonakis8709]

Thannk you sir !!!!

[@Succer]

BRO THANK YOUUUU! I only have one drive and I was getting so frustrated trying to install Skyrim to a different location.

[@gamerpoets]

Glad I could help :)

[@Ezrider79]

I've got a question I recently downloaded arma reforger. Now it goes through steam but when I go to download mods, it says it has no more room . In my c. Drive. How do I switch my documents for that game to another drive and download mods, please.And please and thank you in advance

[@GoodNight0wl]

For anyone moving Skyrim: Keep in mind that you must uninstall Creation kit to do this, otherwise you're going to get a "Shared content" error when attempting to move.

[@AubreyOnfroy]

Is it possible to move a modded skyrim with mod organizer to another pc without breaking things tho ?

[@gamerpoets]

You've have to transfer all the correct folders over and then redo the file paths in your mod managers and what not. It may (or may not) be a pain in the butt, but you can do it

[@alexmercer4642]

Thanks for the vid. Honestly the sh!t I do to get Wrye Bash to work so I can play a modded Oblivion is crazy 😭

[@connorsbeloved]

whyy i press on the folder and it doesn’t show as a new directory

[@linotype8479]

so useful, thanks for your work!

[@gamerpoets]

😊 🙏

[@BHatMusic]

Just curious if there is any way to move the Skyrim Save folder to a different drive (other than the default C:). My C:/ drive is close to full and I have to delete saves to maintain space. I looked online and it seems that there is no way to do this. Thanks for your helpful videos.

[@gamerpoets]

Not to my knowledge. I'm sure its possible with a mod but I'm not sure one exists.

[@BHatMusic]

@@gamerpoets Thanks for the reply - I didn't think so. Maybe time to get a new PC :)

[@zibanad]

I have all my games on my secound drive but i dont know how to restore them to steam. I had to reinstall windows and after i installed Steam all my games got "uninstalled". But i do have the files on my other driver thou. how do i fix this issue? pls help

[@ProtoType4588]

so why exactly are you using a app when you can just go to the steamapps/common folder and drag and drop it to a other drive's common folder then you uninstall it from steam and reinstall it under the drive were you transferred the file to and tada it wil verify

[@gamerpoets]

So why exactly are you dragging and dropping folders, uninstalling and reinstalling, when you can use an app that does it cleanly and quickly for you? This is also my answer. Quick. Clean.

[@ProtoType4588]

@@gamerpoets you are not actually installing you are verifying the files instead the uninstall is because launchers don't get the hint the folder is gone i install windows to often i guess that is probably the reason i choose this road instead of a application

[@gamerpoets]

Nothing wrong with that. I think you may be more advanced than a lot of people watching modding videos would be. Apps are also good for those nervous about doing things manually. Others just want to push buttons instead of cut, copy or paste and link paths. Those who actually need these videos (as opposed to those of us scoping out potential new info or getting refreshers) are generally those new to modding and PC stuff in general. I recently had some one give me a lecture on how I shouldn't assume that they know how to open windows explorer (click on any folder).... internet is fun lol

[@Stizy]

it is telling me i cannot move skyrim because it requires an update. is there any way around this?

[@Hexigold.Streams]

Legend 👌

[@gamerpoets]

😊 🙏

[@darkoriano]

Been using your videos since 2020 and just noticed that I was not subscribed Subscribed now! You're the best at explaining this stuff, thanks a lot, man!

[@gamerpoets]

Glad to have ya = )

[@JohnThornburgh]

Nice job on the tutorial and happy to learn about the steam "other directory" button. Curious why you didn't move Steam out of program files rather than creating a second library on the same drive though?

[@gamerpoets]

You can't unless you reinstall Steam (and then you lose all your games and anything you modded in the game folders directly). You can cut and paste but then you have to deal with additional steps to make the new location register that you dont using these methods.

[@6.0hh19]

Dude I love you you’re awesome!

[@BuzzkillZone]

So the move to the same drive after using the tool fails for me because Skyrim "has shared content" How do I get around this?

[@lookforward8778]

I'm a huge computer novice and pretty much need unga bunga speech to understand these things. This video has been immensely helpful, however I am confused on the file path thing. How do you change the file path? Do you have another video covering the subject? I know the location in settings but I have zero clue what to do from there. Edit: it also says the game can't run because file program (x86) does not exist? I don't know if I did something wrong or if that's also an issue with the path thing.

[@jessicasumait7707]

HELLO, good video! 🤩

[@gamerpoets]

Hello to you = )

[@SCSAsJorts]

New to Pc, and ive tried this step by step but its telling me theres an existing drive/file apologies if I've missed a key step. Would I need to uninstall and reinstall a game say like Skyrim or Steam to get this to work properly?

[@Ms-Eve]

im so confused, When i go to add a new directory in the add drive section of steam I dont get the second drop down window it just prompts me to select a new folder and when i do so, nothing happenes.

[@Ms-Eve]

never mind lmao. I figured it out

[@tivoatheos]

the fuck! most helpful vid ever! earned you a sub! thanks heaps!

[@dragonwatcher9913]

0:51 SHEESH THATS A LOT OF DRIVES

[@gamerpoets]

A lot of years of PC building

[@AdrianDochitoiu]

thank you

[@gamerpoets]

Welcome:)

[@djrxmx]

Lol, you are my god. Thank you!

[@mr.g1672]

Hello, I have a small question. I wanna move my skyrim folder, but the thing is, I have already installed some mods, as well as a couple of modding tools (like Loot), so I wonder, with anything in my game or with my mods get broken if I move skyrim right now?

[@tagus100]

So is it advised that just the game be installed outside of Program Files? Is it okay if the Steam client is installed there?

[@Sirdustetryne]

Great video, thank you for making it.

[@gamerpoets]

Welcome:)

[@swxrvex]

Can i delete steam library setup tool after i finish?

[@gamerpoets]

if you'd like. Doesn't hurt to have it on hand for the future.

[@LahoussineAitZamah]

Hello, do you think i need to put my vortex, mod organizer and SA2mod manager into a new folder ? "C: / Games/mods manager" or can i let it in the program folder ? (Yes, its me again lol)

[@norseman325]

used this to download oblivion to a new folder on the same drive but I keep getting a steam error Application load error 5:0000065434. anyone know the fix?

[@kailashsingha4073]

Hello Gamerpoets...I would love to see you make a video on OpenMW. I would love to see you explain how to install mods the OpenMW way without MO2. You can choose the smallest modlist mentioned in their website "I heart Vanilla"

[@29.9mb4]

How about, how to move steam games to another pc???

[@rxo73]

I just bought a new computer and this is exactly what I need to know.

[@MtbStoat]

Hmmm, doesn't work if you want to move it out of programs64 but KEEP it on C (laptop only has one drive... 🙁

[@gamerpoets]

One of the steps I show keeps it on the same drive. I) haven't tried it on a laptop though.

[@Reese-Dancer]

Does anyone know how to get around the game has shared files, move failed error?

[@mikepeters1982]

Trying to install a old mod on a old game. I need a second directory. I followed the steps multiple times to create a new directory on the same drive. When I go into storage, it doesn’t show a second directory. Help would be awesome if possible. I have no idea what I did wrong.

[@gamerpoets]

Everything that I know about creating and moving directories are in this video. I dont recall ever hearing about creating one and then not having it save. If you are creating one and putting it next to your initial directory make sure to name it something different if you arent?

[@anthonyhanlon9808]

Thank you, i couldnt find the answer anywhere elsw

[@gamerpoets]

Welcome:)

[@honinakecheta601]

Does anyone know if Synthesis can be used with Vortex to merge plugins???