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Topic	Why do PC games always store stuff like save games to inconvenient places
Atralis 01/09/22 5:36:23 PM #2:	WorsCaseOntario posted... You're telling me to find that I need to go to Windows/AppData/Users/blah blah? The AppData thing is for a couple reasons. Permissions- Unless you are an administrator you can't look into someone else user folder in AppData. Hide it from noobs- The AppData folder is hidden by default because its generally stuff a non technical user wouldn't/shouldn't be mucking with. They don't want to have a user accidently delete their save games while they are deleting some old files and folders from their Documents folder. <cite>Atralis posted [p:961610909] in Why do PC ... [t:79846556]...</cite> <quote>WorsCaseOntario posted... </cite> <quote>You're telling me to find that I need to go to Windows/AppData/Users/blah blah?</quote> The AppData thing is for a couple reasons. Permissions- Unless you are an administrator you can't look into someone else user folder in AppData. Hide it from noobs- The AppData folder is hidden by default because its generally stuff a non technical user wouldn't/shouldn't be mucking with. They don't want to have a user accidently delete their save games while they are deleting some old files and folders from their Documents folder.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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