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Re:Dotfile madness by jeffchien on Saturday February 02, 2019 @06:37PM (#19066618)
If it's the entire game, it might be to allow kids to install the game without administrator privilege (read: parental knowledge/consent), though I agree that letting people choose would be best.
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Re:Dotfile madness by Spivak on Saturday February 02, 2019 @08:46PM (#19067245)
If your kid can write and execute in any directory on your system then they can run whatever software they like.
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Re:Dotfile madness by jeffchien on Sunday February 03, 2019 @03:11AM (#19068397)
What? I'm not sure how that connects to my comment. I'm saying that some games install to "My Documents" to avoid requiring administrator privilege for users who might not have that privilege.
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Re:Dotfile madness by Spivak on Sunday February 03, 2019 @09:21AM (#19069658)
Sorry, definitely missed the context on that one. Why wouldn't you want to install in AppData/local?
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