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Old August 28th, 2008, 02:10 AM
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Default Re: Installing SE IV on New Machine. What a Night

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Originally Posted by Suicide Junkie View Post
What OS is that?

Try installing to c:\games\SE instead of program files.
My problem may be similar in nature.

I keep several identities on my PC (OS:Win XP Home) but I prefer to play games as a plain user, not with Admin privileges. At the moment I have transferred SEIV (with a solo game in progress) over the home LAN from my old (creak, groan) Win98SE machine satisfactorily and it's playable *IF* I login as an Admin-level ID.

How do I install SEIV (and all the mods I have) keeping the game engine in H:\Program Files\Games|Space Empires but saving my games and notes and other stuff in ...\Document&Settings\UserXXXX\Games|Space Empires ... ??

Can this even be done?
I've tried various edits of the PIF unsuccessfully but I suspect that I need a list of files that HAVE to be writable in my User location.
Anyway - HAAALP!!! (Please)
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