Problems with moving game folder (Steam)

[Orsell]

Hello! I need help here!
So I play Final Fantasy XIV using Steam. I wanted to move the game folder from HDD to SSD. And so I did it. But FFXIV launcher started downloading the game again after this. And that's really problem for me because of my not-so-good internet connection. Can anybody help me?

[Dustytome]

How did you go about moving it? Here's an article I found that gives information on how to do so through steam itself, however I can't say for certain if it would work in your situation as I don't have the steam version.

[DumdogsWorld]

If you're not planning on disconnecting the old drive, you can simply do what I do to relocate all my Steam games to a non-Steam folder.

-Move the game to your desired installation folder with good old-fashioned copy and paste.

-Open a command prompt as Administrator. Google will tell you how to do this if you don't know.

-Enter this command, without quotes and consulting the following notes before entering:
"mklink /D <x> <y>"

Replace <x> with the old/current FFXIV installation folder, enclosed in quotes.
Replace <y> with the new/desired FFXIV installation folder, enclosed in quotes.

For example:

mklink /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY XIV Online" "D:\Games\FINAL FANTASY XIV Online"

It creates a symbolic link, like those found on Linux operating systems. I use this to shove all my Steam games into a very specific folder without triggering the Steam DRM.