Question: Why do my saved game files save in my documents?

Just has the title says. Why do my saved game files save in my documents folder? Can i change the place it is saving to? The reason i don't like this is because its full of different game profiles and saves now. Making it more difficult to find my actual documents. Is there any way i can move these game saves into program files under the actual installation folder? This would help me clean up my documents tremendously.

I'm glad its becoming a trend for the saved game files to be in the my documents folder. It makes backing them up alot easier.

Just has the title says. Why do my saved game files save in my documents folder? Can i change the place it is saving to? The reason i don't like this is because its full of different game profiles and saves now. Making it more difficult to find my actual documents. Is there any way i can move these game saves into program files under the actual installation folder? This would help me clean up my documents tremendously.

483paul

Just has the title says. Why do my saved game files save in my documents folder? Can i change the place it is saving to? The reason i don't like this is because its full of different game profiles and saves now. Making it more difficult to find my actual documents. Is there any way i can move these game saves into program files under the actual installation folder? This would help me clean up my documents tremendously.

483paul

Then why don't you do what the games do and create a folder for your documents?

Windows even has a specific games folder, but they don't use it.

well i'm glad i'm not the only one who experiences this. Thats what i'll have to do is make another folder for my actuall documentss. Can i rename the current my documents folder to my game data or would that screw everthing up? Or could I take my current My Documents folder out of my Library and Create another one for my Library and have it continue to save it the original my documents?

I don't like that games dump a new folder in My Documents Why can't they use My Documents \ My Games? Much more organized and just as easy to backup and search for. Some games do this - which is great. Next best is when they use publisher name - like EA Games but I'd really rather they just go into My Games and then in a subfolder in there.nutcrackr

ya the only two games that have done this for me are crysis and farcry 2. I even tried moving one of my gave saves to another folder. But when i boot up the game i lost my game save and it created a new one for my in My Documents. Its very annoying.

well i'm glad i'm not the only one who experiences this. Thats what i'll have to do is make another folder for my actuall documentss. Can i rename the current my documents folder to my game data or would that screw everthing up? Or could I take my current My Documents folder out of my Library and Create another one for my Library and have it continue to save it the original my documents?

483paul

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well i'm glad i'm not the only one who experiences this. Thats what i'll have to do is make another folder for my actuall documentss. Can i rename the current my documents folder to my game data or would that screw everthing up? Or could I take my current My Documents folder out of my Library and Create another one for my Library and have it continue to save it the original my documents?

carlosjuero

Ok. Thank you