During the installation of Steam, you have the option to install Steam to a location other than the default. Since Steam relies on the game files residing in the SteamApps folder, your game files will go to whatever folder you have Steam installed in.
Can you install Steam twice?
No. You could install steam on two different windows user accounts, choose “Install only for this user” if it has it. even then you don’t really have to install steam twice, there is a way to copy steam.exe and two other files.
How do I split Steam games on two drives?
Go to Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders. You can then create Steam folders on all of your drives. When installing a game, you can then choose to install it to any of the locations you’ve added.
How do I install Steam games into a different folder?
To move an installed game once you’ve added a second library, right-click it in your Steam library and select “Properties”. Click the “Local Files” tab and click the “Move Install Folder” button. Select the Steam library you want to move the game to and click the “Move Folder” button. You’re done.
Where do Steam games download to?
The Default Location Steam installs to C:\Program Files\Steam folder by default and files for games installed on Steam are stored in the folder C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\ by default.
Can you install game twice?
you will have to install the game then rename the install folder then use the uninstaller so the computer thinks you have removed the game… it should leave everything behind apart from the reg entries… as you renamed it you should now be able to run the installer again and this time just run it as normal…
Can I split my Steam library to another drive?
You can move your Steam games to another drive right from your Steam library, just by clicking a button. If your computer uses multiple hard drives, Steam will install games by default to the main drive. If that gets full, you’ll have to move your games to another drive.
