• WarmSoda
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    Documents folder: obviously where video game files should go…

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        I can’t stand when games do it. Just put the files in a designated folder where the game is installed dammit!

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          I’ll meet you halfway: I created a new folder in the hidden folder %AppData% –> .NameofPublisher –> GameName

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            C:\Program Files\ unless your program is 20+ years old and you still haven’t written a version for modern-day systems. 32-bit is dead.

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              Let’s take a look at the old ssd…

              C:\Program Files (x86)\Epic Games
              C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG Galaxy
              C:\Program Files (x86)\Hearthstone
              C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\

              etcetera

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              We’re walking about Windows, here. If 32-bit ever dies on Windows, it will be lovingly stuffed and placed on the mantle like a pet whose owner can’t admit it’s gone.

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          Please don’t mix executables and data created by applications, even if the application happens to be a game. Those are supposed to be separate. That being said, “Documents” is obviously the wrong place for save game files.

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        Or

        Gamefolder/Documents/

        Why can’t they do that?

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      Hey, some games don’t even bother with the documents folder! They just dump their saves right in your home folder!