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Originally Posted by RabidZombie
Sorry, I was wrong.
I'd find that so unbearably irritating. Why?! I can't see a point to it, and for me, it'd be more trouble than its worth.
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It supposedly adds security so no malware can mess around with your system and program files (in theory).
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Originally Posted by RabidZombie
And the more general form of the above is:
X:\users\<user>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore
There is one thing however, does this cause any compatibility problems with any other programs? What about game patched. If writing to Program Files is prohibited, how does one update a program (like Steam)?
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When you try to install an update an annoying login screen will appear asking for your administrator password, so the update program can get permission to write to your
real "\Program files" folder.
When running the game regularly as a normal user, it doesn't have access to that folder, but to the virtual "Program files" folder which is inside "\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore". In terms of compatibility it should be ok, since the OS just tells the program that it's really writing in the real folder (even though it's not), but maybe there is some weird scenario in which this virtualization can fail. Who knows...