Usually, game files are divided into sub-folders and individually compressed files corresponding to either maps, levels, single-player missions, or multi-player missions. So we will be using the file names to determine which files you need to move. There no guide or information available online about the same either. Unfortunately, game publishers do not disclose which files or folders serve what purpose. We need to narrow down the files/folders which take up the most space. Step 3: TreeSize will show you all the files and sub-folders inside the main folder in ascending order of their size. In the newly opened window, navigate to the location of game files and select the main folder containing all the files. Step 2: When TreeSize opens, and click on Select Directory. Step 1: Head to the TreeSize icon on the desktop or Start Menu and launch it. Once you know where the game is stored on your PC, thee next step is analyzing the game files to find out which files or folders take up the largest space. If you are using Steam or any other launcher, you need to find the game files for respective launchers. If for some reasons your game is not there on Desktop, you can search for it in the Start Menu > Right-Click on icon > Open File Location. The easiest way is going to Desktop > Right-click on your game’s icon > Open File Location. The first step is finding the game files on your PC to analyze them. Second, is Link Shell Extension, a fantastic little app which makes the process of creating Symbolic Links from typing out long command-line statements to just a matter of few Right-clicks. We are going to use this tool for analyzing Game files. It breakdowns a folder, volume or even disk into a tree-map which shows how much space each file or folder is taking up. First is TreeSize, a free app that visually shows what is occupying your storage space. Getting the Toolsīefore we begin with the actual process, we need to download two apps for Windows, which do all the heavy lifting. We will be using the mklink command for making symbolic links and a bunch of free apps for Windows to achieve this. We will use Symbolic Links to store some of the larger game files to an HDD or other drive to save space. You can know further about how Symbolic Links work from Jennifer Huang's Medium post. Meaning, an app or program will see a symbolic link as an actual file at the location even though the file or folder is located on different Disk or Volume. Symbolic Link is also transparent to apps and programs. While a Shortcut just consists of data such as the file’s location and an icon or thumbnail info, a Symbolic Link is a file-system object pointing to another one. Symbolic Links are like supercharged shortcuts of files or folders pointing to their actual location. What Are Symbolic Links and How They Will Help Us?
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