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On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 04:59:02 +0000 (UTC), rri...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
(Ross Ridge) wrote:

>PW  <emailad...@ifIremember.com> wrote:
>>Already did it.  Dual boot with Windows 7 and Windows 10.  New hard
>>drive for Windows 10.  I want to eventually make Windows 10 my primary
>>operating system.
>>
>>Any ideas on how I can get Steam on the new Win10 HD and still be able
>>to use the installed Steam games that I have on Win7?  I do not have
>>the bandwidth to download all of my Steam games (and Origin, GOG,
>>Blizzard, etc...).  But I can boot into Win7 if I want to.
>
>Boot up Windows 10.  If you've already installed Steam under Windows
>10 uninstall it.  Now locate the directory where Steam is installed
>on Windows 7.  For example, if under Windows 7 Steam is installed
>under "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam" then under Windows 10 it appear as
>"D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam" where the drive letter D might be different
>depending on what other partitions and drives you have on your computer.
>Now copy the entire Steam folder to the Windows 10 partition and then
>double-click on the Steam executable in the new  directory.  It'll be
>named Steam or Steam.exe and it'll have the Steam icon in circle for
>an icon.  Steam will now install itself in the directory and it should
>detect that all of your games have already been installed there.
>
>Note that this means you'll have two complete copies of all your Steam
>games installed, so you'll need to have sufficient space available.
>
>Another option is to skip the copying step and just run the Steam
>executable in the Windows 7 folder.  The will save disk space and probably
>won't cause any problem for Steam itself, but might cause problems with
>some games if they hard code the install directory in some configuration
>file.
>
>					Ross Ridge


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Thanks Ross and Spalls.  But I do not have the HD space to move the
huge Steam games directory to another drive.  I certainly do not want
them to take up space on the new Win10 OS drive.

I was hoping that I could get Steam to simply point to where the games
are in Win7. I guess I will continue to play them in Win7.  Problem is
now with the dual boot is that I lose my network connection now and
then.

Oh well.

-pw