Sawyer and Infogrames knew what they were doing, and I am pretty sure all of us who played the actual, unedited game didn't mind sharing Tracks. There is never a good reason to deny the right of the consumer to opt-out. Also, computers can have multiple users, which is another reason why it’s useful to have the files you created in your own user folders. It would require OpenRCT2 to run as admin (dangerous, and for no good reason), or to blow the permissions of those folder wide open. So no, it’s not at all 'logical and obvious'. Back in the Windows 9x days, programs happily wrote to Program Files, but this has now been closed off for a very good reason. The Infogrames Interactive folder is only read by OpenRCT2 for its assets, and never written to. You seem overly confident, especially since some things you said are simply not true. I hope this serious oversight can be rectified in upcoming versions. I find it frustrating and confusing as to why one of the simplest Quality of Life features, choosing your own custom directories, STILL haven't been added after all of these years. It would be a huge service to people who split their folders across hard drives (like me) and those who hate splitting their files when there is already a folder allocated in the Program Files. The obvious and most logical decision would have been to use the Infogrames Interactive folder, but that decision was rejected for this.

By this, I mean the following: HEIGHTMAP, LANDSCAPE, OBJECT, REPLAY, SAVE, SCENARIO, SEQUENCE, THEMES, TRACK, and the indices. I humbly ask that this feature be added, in which all of the My Document folders can EACH be directed to ANY custom path, instead of the default. Those who want to relocate their RCT2 tracks, saved games, and so on to any other path on the computer or network are forced to use Symbolic Link Junctions. Many people have more than one hard drive, and others don't use the My Documents folder at all. In a few cases, I've seen tracks in the Program Files appear duplicated in both the My Documents, causing unnecessary and extremely annoying bloat. One is in the My Documents folder, and the other is where the files actually belong, in the Infogrames Interactive folder. Tracks, Saved Games, and such are by default stored in two locations. However, one thing that has driven me insane this entire time is the issue in which the game determines where your files are saved. I have played RCT2 since I was a very small child, and downloaded your 'Open Roller Coaster Tycoon II' extension as an adult, and have since been unable to enjoy the game without it.

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