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Old 11-05-11, 04:23 AM   #8
Hans CrashDive
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I run SH3 on Vista just fine. Do not install it in the default Program Files folder. Make one labeled Ubisoft, or whatever you wish outside of the Program Files folder, and install it there. The UAC in Vista, and Windows 7, monitors the Programs Files folder and makes modding SH3 a nightmare.

Ahoy HW3!! Thank you for the reply and awsome tip. I've for sometime been in the habit of Installing stuff in my own directories! Rebel that I am, I learned to keep things where I know they are, not where windoze wants them. So SH3 will reside in my Games folder with a sub folder all it's own. Or perhaps Games/subsims/ ...
Right on Target Cap'n!!
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