This will almost always be relevant as the default save game folder is nested in a folder called 'My Games'. if ANY of your folder directories include a space, and you did not use the quotation marks, you will get and error. it take arguments for commands and identifies them by SPACEBARS.

command prompt is not a tool used by many people. (NB those quotation marks are extremely important. Mklink /d 'C:\Users\\Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\Saves' 'G:\Games\Skyrim Special Edition\SaveGames' delete the original DEFAULT SAVE GAME folder.ĥ. move the ENTIRE contents of the DEFAULT SAVE GAME FOLDER to your new folder where you want your save games to go.Ĥ. go there and create a backup folder by copying it just in case (name it something like SaveGameBackup.ģ. The default directory for Skyrim save games is C:\Users\\Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\Saves. (for example G:\Games\Skyrim Special Edition\SaveGames)Ģ. create a folder on any drive, anywhere, that you would like your save games to be stored. HOWEVER, his explanation was not quite in detail enough for the majority of people.ġ. I would like to add my response as I believe it will assist some with this was correct when he said it is easier to trick your OS.