Note - replace "username' in the paths below with your username on the PC.įirst remove the remote folder from Users/username/Library/Application Support/Steam/userdata/AccountID/760/ Note - on Mac this makes a "shortcut" file in the custom location that let's you easily navigate to the original remote folder. Or by just right clicking & pressing "Delete" - the del command originally worked, but in further testing I had to right click & delete it. You can remove the symbolic link on Windows using (again, fix the path):ĭel "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\AccountID\760\remote"
Mklink /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\AccountID\760\remote" "path\to custom\screenshot\folder" Next - open a Command Prompt as Admin (right click->Run as Admin") and then use this command (your Steam folder location may differ):
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On both OSes you can use the tab key while typing a path in the terminal (command prompt) to use auto-complete, which helps a lot.ĪccountID in the paths below should be replaced with your SteamID3 this can be found by navigating to your Steam\userdata\ folder and looking in there (if you’re the only user on your PC there should be only one folder in there) or by going to and looking under "AccountID" after you sign in with your Steam account - the numbers after "U:#:" (without quotes # is probably 1 but may be another number) are what you want (yes, it says Steam3 ID somewhere else for some reason, but that’s not what we’re after). This will make it easier to view your screenshot folder without having to navigate to it, or you could use it to easily synch to some kind of cloud storage. A lot like a shortcut in Windows or alias on Mac, but better.
The following is a tutorial to create a symbolic link from the default Steam screenshot folder to a custom location.
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I found a tutorial on StackExchange which explains that Steam will only save uncompressed Screenshots to a custom location and has a short explanation how to make it work for all screenshots, but I wanted to expand on it as it doesn't include removal instructions and some other useful info. u/Riekopo was trying to change their screenshot folder location the other day and it wasn't quite working.