0000620: Installer still suggests %PROGRAMFILES% location

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(0001318) Andreasvb (reporter) 2011-11-04 13:59 edited on: 2011-11-04 14:01	Some tip of advice. If you're using Windows 7 x64: %PROGRAMFILES% is for 64-bit programs. %PROGRAMFILES(X86)% is for 32-bit programs. Programs should be placed in either of the folders but user-files should be in %APPDATA% or My Documents. And if there's a portable version everything should be in one place, but not in either program-folder. Unless you've turned off UAC, then you can have it basically wherever you want.

(0001319) Schlagwerk (reporter) 2011-11-04 14:24 edited on: 2011-11-04 14:24	Andreasvb, the problem with installing SM to a privileged folder like Program Files is that it is writing files to that folder on a fairly frequent basis. Without elevated privileges on Windows Vista/7 this gets squished into a folder somewhere under %appdata% IIRC, which can be forgotten about and lost. I've backed up my entire StepMania folder and reformatted only to realize that StepMania never wrote to that folder at all. I lost a lot of originals as a result. I'm not sure if that was your implication but installing SM outside of Program Files has been recommended for some time now.

(0001320) Andreasvb (reporter) 2011-11-04 14:32	That's why I have it portable, everything in one place. :)

(0001322) AJ (administrator) 2011-11-04 14:39	unless someone who knows NSIS better than I do helps out, I'm afraid I can't do anything about it.

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