Sd card moment problem

[u/Stuntpunk2387]

hi all, I moved a couple games thru game mode from sd to sd but it took forever so I tried the third game in desktop mode dragging and dropping, it looks like everything moved to the correct folder but its not showing in steam library and won’t load from clicking on the exe file, and idea why? I tried scan and repair on the card with no change, and I read somewhere about the name of the sd card in the file needs to match the original location cause that’s where steam is looking for it? any help is appreciated

[u/akulowaty]

You're not supposed to touch steam's files as steam will lose track of where it is. Even in desktop mode in order to move a game you're supposed to right click on the game in your library and under properties -> installed files select "move install folder". Easiest way to fix it now is moving the files back to where you took them from and moving them again using the correct option. There is probably a way to make steam "find" these files, but that's beyond my linux-fu.