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[Khalan]

I made this a little while ago and forgot to post about it here.  Thought it may come in handy with all the Steam sales happening.

***Requires Windows Vista or Windows 7 and NTFS formatted drives***

I know of at least two other applications that do this, but I wanted to make my own.

As you know, Steam does not allow you to install games to a separate location. This can be a problem if you run out of HDD space.

What this program does is move your selected game to a selected location, and creates a junction link (similar to a shortcut) to that new location. This tricks Steam into believing that the game hasn't moved. This can free up HDD space while still allowing the games to be played through Steam. Alternatively you may wish to shift some games to a faster HDD for quicker loading/streaming, such as an SSD.

I've done my best to make it robust, but please use at your own risk. The worst that should happen is that you might need to redownload a Steam game, so try it out with small games first.



Here's the application (1MB):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22858108/SteamLink.exe

[Virmin]

Thats pretty handy. My HD is pretty cramped as it is. So if I do get a new HD I very well might use this.

[RhiannOn]

Sounds great  , but when i tried the link to d/l I go to a 404 page.

[Khalan]

Sorry, try it now.  Should be working fine.

[RhiannOn]

 

Works now, thanks.  That is a very cool utility and will be handy soon, as with the steam sales, my harddrive is filling up a bit quicker than anticipated   

[City Builder]

Thanks, I'll be needing this very soon