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Stupid question about Steam

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Greetings.

I'm new to steam, and just installed it to avail the deal they have on Sony Movie Studio 13 Platinum Suite. However, I couldn't help but notice that its default directory was in 'C:\Program Files (x86).

Out of curiosity, does this affect program functionality at all? All of the other x64 software I have autoinstalled to either the main 'Program Files' directory or right onto my 'C' drive.

 

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2 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

Greetings.

I'm new to steam, and just installed it to avail the deal they have on Sony Movie Studio 13 Platinum Suite. However, I couldn't help but notice that its default directory was in 'C:\Program Files (x86).

Out of curiosity, does this affect program functionality at all? All of the other x64 software I have autoinstalled to either the main 'Program Files' directory or right onto my 'C' drive.

 

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Aereldor.

it's probably fine, mine is in program files x86 too :)

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5 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

Greetings.

I'm new to steam, and just installed it to avail the deal they have on Sony Movie Studio 13 Platinum Suite. However, I couldn't help but notice that its default directory was in 'C:\Program Files (x86).

Out of curiosity, does this affect program functionality at all? All of the other x64 software I have autoinstalled to either the main 'Program Files' directory or right onto my 'C' drive.

 

Regards,
Aereldor.

the install directory can be anywhere, and changed by the user. 

 

I boot off one SSD and run programs on another, so i moved my library there, and i have a second directory for slower programs on a HDD.

 

the speed of the drive is the only thing that affects the program.

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9 minutes ago, mikat said:

it's probably fine, mine is in program files x86 too :)

That's the default location. All three of my steam installs are there (Old PCs FTW).

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Steam is 32bit software. Thats why it installs there. It doesn't effect anything. You might want to make another folder on your HDD if you have small boot drive.

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