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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

On the other hand saves shouldn't be saved into fucking documents folder in the first place. Or it shouldn't be used by any other program unless explicitly allowed to. The only time I see people actually using Documents folder according to its purpose is at work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Honestly this practice comes down to Windows never standardizing a location for user generated files related to a program. We might finally be there with appdata but even that is poorly standardized (what goes into ~/appdata/roaming/ vs ~/appdata/local/ etc.) and most backup software ignores despite game saves being very important. My Saved Games still exists but it's more surprising when a game actually uses it than anything. And of course really old software would just store the saves right next to the install files, therefore requiring the program to have admin access, and running everything as admin is always a great idea.