How do you keep sims files off your C drive in Windows 7?

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cwykes:
I've got a new PC with Win7 installed and have given in and aquired Sims 3.  I want to keep everything off the C drive apart from system files, but EA seem determined to put the saved games in My Documents on the C drive.  I figure the solution must be the same as for XP;  change the default location of My Documents temporarily, re-install Sims 3 and then move the default somewhere else.  However I can't seem to actually manage to do it.  Help?

CtDs:
If you right click the My Documents folder you can move it.
Click the folder and not the library.
C:\Users\your user name\My Documents
Pick Properties - Location

But you cannot prevent The Sims 3 from using the Documents
folder even if you move it.

cwykes:
Thanks - I've had problems with that 'Move' button not showing up or not being able to physically type anything into the 'file path' box.  I'm also finding different games end up in different profiles default/public/me, but I guess that's purely a cwykes problem caused by messing with Win7.  

A temporary move is pointless though - is there a permanent fix?

CtDs:
It is possible if you make a symbolic link.

First move the entire The Sims 3 folder to where you want.
For example in D:\Sims3. Do not leave a The Sims 3 folder
behind, if it is there the next step will fail.

Next open a command console with admin rights (UAC):
1. Click the Start button
2. Type CMD in the Start Search box
3. Press and hold down [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Enter]

Type mklink /J "C:\Users\you\Documents\Electronic Arts\The
Sims 3" D:\Sims3

This will make a junction (symbolic hard link) to D:\Sims3
from the original location. It will recreate the folder you
moved in the first step, but now as a symbolic link.
Think of this as a folder level shortcut.

Windows and all programs will think the files are still in
documents, but in reality they will be in D:\Sims3 now.

If you already moved My Documents, use the new path
instead of the C:\Users location.

cwykes:
That looks promising and should let me put sims 2 and 3 and stories files in different places - Thanks!

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