Transfering Steam Library "Is Not Empty"

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House of Rahl 21. okt. kl. 7:51

so i've recently starting making the switch to another operating system. ie i have multiple os on the same "c drive". if it's relevant it's win10, mint, and nobara. may add pops on that list to try game compatibility and performance in the future.

now onto the issue. i want to link all my steam libraries to the same location on another internal drive. so each of the 3 or 4 os's on the "c" drive will have their own partition and have their own copy of steam. i want to point each of those copies of steam to another drive where all the games will be installed to and can be accessed regardless of which flavor of the moment os i'm messing around in.

here is the issue. steam keeps telling me "steam library folder is not empty" when i attempt to link to steam/steamapps/common in the hopes it will just recognize the 30 or so games i have installed in there. as a workaround i'm aware i could just create a new folder at the top of the drive and manually move the files into it, but if i did that the next os i tried to add that folder with is going to report the same error "steam library folder is not empty". regardless if the folder is in steam/steamapps/common or at the top of the drive the second i link to that folder with one copy of steam i'm seemingly not going to be able to link to it with another copy of steam on another os. anyone know a workaround for this?

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DΘD⅁Ξ ᴰᴮ 21. okt. kl. 7:55

Create one empty folder (e.g. D:\SteamLibrary) on your shared drive.
Add it as a library in Steam on ONE OS first: Steam creates the steamapps structure.
Move your existing steamapps/common games into it.
Then add the SAME folder in Steam on every other OS: they’ll recognize it (no “not empty” error).
Done. All OSes now share the same game library.

House of Rahl 21. okt. kl. 8:04

Oprindeligt skrevet af DΘD⅁Ξ ᴰᴮ:
Create one empty folder (e.g. D:\SteamLibrary) on your shared drive.
Add it as a library in Steam on ONE OS first: Steam creates the steamapps structure.
Move your existing steamapps/common games into it.
Then add the SAME folder in Steam on every other OS: they’ll recognize it (no “not empty” error).
Done. All OSes now share the same game library.

it wont throw the same errors as trying to add it into the existing install of steam like i'm trying now? my current windows install of steam is on my X drive. the full program + default library directory. linux is self installing itself to it's own partition without the option to select another install path and when i attempt to link back to that same X drive install for the already installed games it's reporting it's not empty. i just assumed if i did what you suggest for say mint, as soon as i go over to nobara it's going to report the same not empty error whether it be from the default steam install on that X drive of the top of the drive new steam folder i just made and moved all those fiiles into.

rawWwRrr 21. okt. kl. 9:19

Oprindeligt skrevet af House of Rahl:
so i've recently starting making the switch to another operating system. ie i have multiple os on the same "c drive". if it's relevant it's win10, mint, and nobara. may add pops on that list to try game compatibility and performance in the future.

now onto the issue. i want to link all my steam libraries to the same location on another internal drive. so each of the 3 or 4 os's on the "c" drive will have their own partition and have their own copy of steam. i want to point each of those copies of steam to another drive where all the games will be installed to and can be accessed regardless of which flavor of the moment os i'm messing around in.

here is the issue. steam keeps telling me "steam library folder is not empty" when i attempt to link to steam/steamapps/common in the hopes it will just recognize the 30 or so games i have installed in there. as a workaround i'm aware i could just create a new folder at the top of the drive and manually move the files into it, but if i did that the next os i tried to add that folder with is going to report the same error "steam library folder is not empty". regardless if the folder is in steam/steamapps/common or at the top of the drive the second i link to that folder with one copy of steam i'm seemingly not going to be able to link to it with another copy of steam on another os. anyone know a workaround for this?

Your set up is far too complicated to provide a good answer. However, I can tell but what you've explained so far that you're making a common mistake.

steam/steamapps/common
This is not your library folder. If you're pointing towards common or even steamapps, you're pointing too far below. It's simply the steam folder in your example. The files might be in common, but that's how Steam organizes them within the library folder.

Hopefully that helps point you in the right direction.

House of Rahl 21. okt. kl. 18:20

i didn't realize. yeah i kept trying to select common since that was the folder immediately before the game folders. i'll give that a shot later tonight.

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