Re: Game Saves in Win7
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As for the save thing, my saves for a different games (stalker, I think) are in the my documents folder and some of the saves for other games are in the application data folder.
Which brings up the question, why aren't all saved games in the game folder and plainly labeled saved games? Is there some arcane technical reason for putting them somewhere else? Gil.
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Re: Game Saves in Win7
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Which brings up the question, why aren't all saved games in the game folder and plainly labeled saved games? Is there some arcane technical reason for putting them somewhere else? The reason saves aren't placed in the game folder anymore is that games often (stupidly) install into the Program Files folder by default. Anything inside the Program Files folder (or Program Files(x86) folder) is considered "protected" by Windows so changes (like creating new saves or updating existing saves) are blocked. This "blocking changes in C:\Program Files" thing all started back with XP SP2, but the problem has not gone away. Why saves aren't always put in the same place (like in a subfolder in the User's Documents folder) is another matter. Why should they be put in a subfolder of the hidden AppData folder? Or in a subfolder of the Roaming folder? I think this is more the fault of the creator of the game installer than of Windows though. Windows has been like this long enough for game installers to choose some non-protected default location for the game install. Someone actually created a website for finding game save locations: http://www.gamesavelocation.com/Unfortunately not so many games there yet.
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Re: Game Saves in Win7
[Re: Mad]
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Thanks for the explanation, Jenny. Makes sense. Since you're explaining, is there a way to put all the saves that normally go to My Docs by default as sub-folders in a Game Saves folder in My Docs and still have a game locate the saves? Well, that was long winded. In other words, is there a way to direct the game to look for saves somewhere other than it expects to find them? Gil.
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Re: Game Saves in Win7
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Since you're explaining, is there a way to put all the saves that normally go to My Docs by default as sub-folders in a Game Saves folder in My Docs and still have a game locate the saves?
Well, that was long winded. In other words, is there a way to direct the game to look for saves somewhere other than it expects to find them?
Gil. I don't know of one. There might be a way to manipulate the game's registry entries so it would look for saves in a different place, but every game would probably need a different procedure.
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Re: Game Saves in Win7
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Ah. Phooey. Then I'll just do what I should have done in the first place and stuff all those saved game folders in one, to get rid of that mess in My Docs, and haul one out when I'm actually playing the game. Why didn't I think of that before? You don't have to answer that. Gil.
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Re: Game Saves in Win7
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Sorry I'm late back to this thread - but thanks, all of you, who have contributed. Every snippet of info on Win7 stuff is a bonus !!
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Re: Game Saves in Win7
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I'm saving this post, oldmariner. No, every game doesn't create a saves folder in My Documents, I wish every one did! They'd be a danged sight easier to find. At the moment, though, I have 17 game saves folders in there, which is why I intend to create a master Saved Games folder in My Docs, pop them all in, then haul out one when I need it, i.e., when I'm replaying a game and can't figure out what the heck I did to get past something. Considering I put just about everything in My Docs since it's so easy to find things there (via a desktop shortcut), add to that that I often refuse to let a game go where it wants to but put it in My Docs, and it can get to be kinda crowded in there. I have various folders like Games, Articles, Downloads that are full of subfolders so I don't know why it never occurred to me to make a master Saved Games folder. Standard transmission? They still make those? Gil.
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Re: Game Saves in Win7
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Re: Game Saves in Win7
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