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Why are games starting to refuse Users\Public\Games as the install target?
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Mar 15, 2026305 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I usually install games to C:\Users\Public\Games (Windows 7 x64) so that I don't run into permissions issues (especially while updating), but recently, I've run into a couple of installers that absolutely refuse to install there stating Cannot install game into chosen directory. Please choose anoth…
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My guess would be due to licensing restrictions of the game -- I.e. you have got a license to use the software for one user on one machine. Putting it into a Public and/or Shared directory would allow more than one user to run the same game, and the…
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