acf files, if it doesn't see that, then it will think the game is uninstalled, it also tell it the status of the update for it as well, Epic also does this too, but the problem to Epic is that all the manifest for Epic is only on C drive in one place far as I know, and you have to edit each one manually, telling it where to look for the game, which is more of a hassle. However, Epic shows a pane for users to change the installing location when they are the first time installing a game. games you download by default into a subfolder of its installation directory. Generally, the install location of Epic games is C:\Program Files\Epic Games.
and you don't want Steam seeing two copies of the game as might cause a problem. Epic Games own launcher that you can use to install such marvels as the. Reason why you CUT instead of COPY is because Cut moves the files, not copy it. To do this, let say want to move the whole game folder that on D drive to E Drive, to do this, go into Steam settings, under download, there a button for library manage, add new place on E drive where you want it, now shutdown Steam, go to D drive where your Steam folder is at, just right click on the folder click CUT then go to E drive where other Steam folder is at, right click then Paste, click yes to replace, you're done, Steam will read your games from E drive now. Steam has this, but can't make more than one installed folder on same drive, so if you install Steam on C Drive, you can't change it on C drive, but you can change it anywhere, and move them pretty easy on other drives letters.
#Epic games download location change how to
Steam didn't add this feature in 2017, it's older than that, I been using Steam for years, and I know it was not 2017 this isn't new, here a video someone showing example how to do it in 2013, I believe this was added back in 2012 if I'm not mistaken.