Make oculus recognize files already downloaded

I realized that I needed to make a symlink for the entire Oculus directory from my primary drive to my secondary drive, like flexy does in the comment above just to get them off my primary, which is currently running out of space. After this I still had the same issue though. I could now download new games or re-download games I already bought, but with my crap internet that would have taken eons. I tried dropping the game files from my backup folder into the Software folder s.

Even restarted my computer after but still no luck. So, at least in January of it seems like Oculus has a little extra road block in the way. But, after adding already downloaded into the right path I was able to get my games back at a fraction of the time it would have taken otherwise. No symlinks are required. Click the "Add Location" button, navigate to your new location and select it click "Select Folder".

At this point, it will scan the folder and show number of installed apps under the column "Apps". Set the new location as default by clicking the 3 dots on the right and "Make Default" 5.

Select the original location in the list and using the 3 dots, select "Remove From List". The new copied location should include folders named Manifest, Downloads, Software and Staging. Now, you should be good to go. Test to make sure it is all as expected and then don't forget to delete all the files in the old location that you're not using any more.

Global Achievements. I already have the game files, how should I make steam recognize all the latest, updated files? I know the procedure of verifying the game files by steam and installing the game. But each time I move the files to What should I do to make steam recognize the updated files too and not need to download the update files? Showing 1 - 15 of 15 comments. Originally posted by ZerA :. Originally posted by TheTitaniumHawk :. Sign up to join this community.

The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. How to get Steam to recognize existing game files from a different source? Ask Question. Asked 8 years, 11 months ago. Active 5 years, 1 month ago. Viewed k times. Improve this question. Chris 10 10 silver badges 22 22 bronze badges. I think your best bet would be to find someone who has it on Steam on here and work with them to check the file structure.

Steam may arrange the files differently, which would cause it not to detect your files. Related: How to get steam to recognize game files downloaded on another machine?

Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. I think the following is the correct way to currently do what I wanted: Ensure that Steam thinks the game is not installed. Close Steam just to be sure. Launch Steam and install the game. Watch and wait as it downloads only the missing parts.

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