One thing I absolutely love about Windows 11/10 or any of the previous iterations is the plethora of customization it offers. After having experience with both Mac and Windows, I would personally say that Windows offers the best customization features. Whether it’s our phone or our PC’s folders, they have always been central to us. The folders not only help us segregate our stuff but also help the programs and system files to separate their content. Let us check out FolderMove, a program that helps you move folders without disturbing the functionality.
FolderMove for Windows 11/10
Folders can be created, copied, and moved. Along with this the content in the folder is also moved. While this works flawlessly for images and other files, the same is not true for system or program files. For instance, if you move program or games folders from one place to another, the games become corrupted and this will result in loss of data and the need to reinstall the entire game.
The problem and the solution
Most of the time, we need to move the game folders since they end up occupying a lot of space. Sometimes the game update will need more space than what is available in the drive, in such cases you can simply use the Folder Move to move the folder to the other drive and install the update.
How to move installed Games and Program folders without losing data in Windows 11/10
To begin with, the Folder Move is a light application sized at around 1MB. However, please keep in mind that you will be needing to run the software with elevated rights and this can be done by right-clicking on the .exe file and selecting “run as an administrator.”
Ok, so this is how it works. One needs to enter/copy-paste the link to the source folder. This will direct the program to the folder that needs to be moved. In the next step, the users need to mention the Destination folder. This is the location to which the folder will be moved. As the last step click on “move and set Symbolic link.” With this, you should be able to move the folder to different locations without losing the app/game data.
The program works by creating a symbolic link in the background which will point the original source to the new destination, much like a URL redirection. Before you fire up the process, I would suggest you test out the program with the other software and only then move your game or program. Folder Move can be downloaded from the homepage.
Related reads:
- Relocate installed Programs using Application Mover
- How to Move Steam Games to another Drive
- How to move Windows Apps to another Drive.
So this is a good program to move files and folders to backup drive and have all rights move with the program, file or folder? I have found in the past that when I moved files from my system to the backup drive some didn’t seem to work completely.