Vista - loading games

Is it best to make a root folder to the C: drive for Games and not load games into the program files or X86 files?

no.

"avgwarhawk" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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There's no real reason to move the games folder to root - I'd suggest
leaving it all in Program Files, simply to keep things organised
neatly!
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It is best though not to load games into the Programs X86 file correct?

avgwarhawk wrote:
To be contrarian to the opinions in the other replies.

Microsoft management on one hand wants you to run as a limited
user, while on the other they want you to install your software
under the 'program files\'-folder where you as a 'limited user
don't have rights to write and modify files. Couple this with the
fact that many/most games ( that i play ) save their save-games
in a sub-folder of the folder i install the game to. In
conclusion, this is designed so that it will not work.

I am not a corporation. I want to access all files on my own
computer. I want to be able to modify whatever file i want. With
WinVista i can't even install the OS on a FAT32 volume anymore
but have to use NTFS, with all the file-permission, hidden 'NTFS
streams' and other stuff that it brings, things that i as the
/administrator/ and user of my computer have no need nor desire
to contend with.

So *i* install games and other software to a FAT32-formatted
partition, separate from where the OS is, since that work best
for me. ( For example to 'F:\Games\'. )


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I have read that making a root folder is the best way to go. I play Silent Hunter 4. The game gets heavily modded. If I attempt to extract any game modded files to the SH4 game file, I get errors and they do not extract to the fold. This is if I load the game to X86 program files. However, I can load these modded files to a folder, copy and paste within the SH4 folder that was installed in the X86 program folder. At any rate, I uninstalled the game and re-installed to a C:\Games2\Silent Hunter 4 folder I created when asked to browse upon installation. I can now load the mods without errors or issues. I do not need to copy and paste. This seems to have worked great. However, games such as Call of Duty, World at War will automatically load to X86 program files and does not give you the option to browse and load to a file of your choice. I'm not sure why Activision did this.

"avgwarhawk" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
news:6869e44e6988bacfee4ae4020c57f6e6@xxxxxx-gateway.com...No problems with Call of Duty, World at War installed in my 'C:\Games' dir

That folder only exists in 64bit OS versions, others don't have it. Vista
uses the for its own purposes so it's best to stick to using the default
folder that the game installer picks unless you have a reason to change it.
I have some old games that insist on installing to C:\ but since XP is on
that drive and my Vista is on a different partition I have reason to change
the install location.

"avgwarhawk" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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Call of Duty WaW will automatically load to X86. No biggy. I guess Activision wants it there for some reason. However, Silent Hunter 4 allows me to load the game were I want. If I let it load to the suggested folder (X86) the game will run fine but I can not mod the game. So, I just created my own root folder to the C drive. Alls well that ends well.