At this late, late, LATE stage : a request for Battlefront

[Hensworth]

In Vista you are not allowed to write any files to C:/Programs or any subfolders thereof. You're supposed to work in user specific folders exclusively.

Unfortunately the PBEM folder for CMx1 games installs under the main game folder on C:/Programs.

When loading PBEM files there is no problem because you get a file browser to go look for your file.

The PBEM files the game generates though are put hardcoded into the PBEM folder that's created with the install.

Is it at all conceivable that we might have a small patch which will allow you to put generated PBEM files where you want them ?

[Sirocco]

You can change where CMx1 installs, though, and unless I'm mistaken saves go into a directory under that install?

[Redwolf]

You can move CMx1 installation around to whereever you like. No registry changes required, just adjust your startup script (or desktop icon).

[John D Salt]

Originally posted by Redwolf:

You can move CMx1 installation around to whereever you like. No registry changes required, just adjust your startup script (or desktop icon).

You can also refuse to use an OS that insists on such an insane rule as the one you describe. Can I suggest you address a request to M$, instead of Battlefront? Maybe if a quarter of one per cent of the people who are annoyed with the idiotic design of their fifth-rate products wrote to him, even Bonehead Ballmer would realise that it's long past time for M$ to do better.

All the best,

John.

[JasonC]

Actually, you can in Vista just change the write privileges if you don't like the rule. I for one don't, and turn it off. It is a setting meant to facilitate multiple remote users manipulating files on one computer, with the computer owner-adminstrator having write privileges across the whole file system - but since most people make precious little use of multi-user features, it is a poor choice of a default setting.