GECK ISSUES

[Dunni22]

Ok so i have this issue with he geck. I am running fallout 3 new vegas ultimate through steam and the files are located in the program 86 folder so i cant use the geck. It would be easy to solve this problem if i could reinstall into another file but i dont get the chance to do this. is there a way for me to just move the files?

[chocklymon]

You can move the files, but it is a bit complicated.

 

1) Create a new folder where you will be moving New Vegas too (Give it the same name as the folder in steam where fallout is located. ie. Fallout New Vegas).

Make a note of the path to this new folder and the one where New Vegas is currently stored. New new folder will be referenced as {to} and the old one will be referenced as {from}.

 

2) Open up the command prompt and run this command:

robocopy /copyall /mir /xj {from} {to}

So for example robocopy /copyall /mir /xj "C:\Program Files (86)\Steam\steamapps\common\fallout new vegas" "C:\fallout new vegas"

 

This will copy all the files into the new folder.

 

3) Delete the original folder (the one in steam).

 

4) Run this command in the command prompt:

mklink /J {from} {to}

For example: mklink /J "C:\Program Files (86)\Steam\steamapps\common\fallout new vegas" "C:\fallout new vegas"

 

This will create a special shortcut so that when a program looks for New Vegas in the steam folder it will instead be redirected to the new folder.

 

 

That is all. I use this technique to move programs on and off of my SSD.

 

See these pages for more information:

NTFS symbolic link - Wikipedia

Move the Users Directory

 

Edit:

You can use cut and paste to perform steps 1-3 if you want.

Edited July 10, 2012 by chocklymon