To Windows, and to the game launcher, the files still appear to be on the C: drive. But physically, they are sitting on your D: drive. You have effectively expanded your C: drive's capacity indefinitely by using space from other drives.
A symbolic link is a file system object that contains a reference to another file or directory. It's similar to a shortcut, but it's not a shortcut. When you create a symbolic link, you're creating a new file system object that points to an existing file or directory. windows symbolic link
mklink /J MyJunction D:\DataFolder
But power users know better. Beneath the graphical interface lies a feature borrowed from the Unix world—soft links, or . For years, this was a "hidden" feature in Windows, obscure and difficult to use. Today, it is a superpower accessible to anyone willing to open a terminal. To Windows, and to the game launcher, the
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