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Article #697931Re: Moved Steam and GOG to Win10 from Win7 (dual boot) and games are listed but not game files
From: PW
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:22
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:22
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On Thu, 08 Jun 2017 10:46:38 +0300, Anssi Saari <a...@sci.fi> wrote: >PW <noemail...@noaddress.com> writes: > >> Steam is downloading games in Windows 10. Any ideas how I can have it >> point to the already installed files in Windows 7?? > >There is something along the lines of Steam -> Settings -> Downloads -> >Steam Library Folders -> Add library folder and point it to your >existing steam folder. *--- Okay Anssi! I went through all my drives and looked for Steam games and added the Steam library folders like you suggested. I think it worked as a bunch of games that I do not remember seeing in my Library are now updated (gosh, I hope they are not downloading them from scratch). So, I think that is the way and a slick way to do it. Thanks! My fingers and toes are crossed. -pw -pw
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