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Originally Posted by JScones
Flakmonkey, you were kinda close with your "hidden" assumption. The GWX files kept returning because Vista knows best and stored them to a VirtualStore folder outside of SH3 rather than in SH3. Even though you now have a copy installed outside of the Program Files folder, this VirtualStore folder will still exist on your hard drive with these files. I've posted the full path to the folder in various other threads. Find the folder and delete it. It won't cause problems for you now, but when you forget in six months time...
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1. FULLY uninstall both SH3 and SH3Cmdr, INCLUDING manual removal of the residual files and folders AND MOST IMPORTANTLY the hidden SH3 VirtualStore folder ("C:\Users\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\SilentHunterIII")
Taken from:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...alStore+folder
This whole mess is not Ubisoft's fault, it's Microsoft's.
They don't tell you these things about their new operating systems and they cause all sorts of problems with users.
It took telephones and automobiles over 100 years to get reliable, safe and easy to use. I suspect it will take computers at least that long.