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Old December 30th, 2009, 10:20 AM
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Default Re: Traits of Ignorance

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Originally Posted by Charles22 View Post
I noticed with the latest, and probably with all versions of this game, that the install strongly suggests that you place the download in an alternate directory than the default one.

I ignored those instructions for every version of this game. So my question is what are the traits common to doing such a thing? I'm thinking it might make switching back and forth from winSPWW2 graphics less burdensome. Correct?
Not, it suggests that if you have the (unsupported by us - we have not downgraded from XP as yet) operating systems Vista/Windows 7, then you should install to a separate game folder outside of the O/S managed folders.

As already discussed in the vista/W7 (same O/S, different name) threads - these versions of windows can squirrel away files to strange places on a seeming whim. Such as installing the game to one place and then applying patches elsewhere. Unless you avoid their managed folder hierarchy by creating your own folder.

Andy
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