Got around to removing the beta 27 through Add/Remove Programs (no 
uninstaller for the beta yet?), removed the subfolder out of 
AppData\roaming and retried the install with User Account Control off. I'd 
have tried it with UAC on but didn't take the time to find out what that 
route might do, sorry.

Nothing went wrong at all. Rendered the demo files and benchmark afterward, 
too. Perfect.

What's really thrown me for a loop is where I discovered my POV files were 
being put. A little oversight by me, I suspect, maybe missing a note given 
somewhere about them going elsewhere now. Perhaps a few months ago I had 
done a beta /install switch, so maybe that's when it started. This folder I 
was never aware of is:

C:\Users\*name*\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\POV-Ray for Windows 
v3.7

Only subfolders in there are \help and \scenes, which is probably known to 
you, Chris, but if I hadn't been looking for files to backup during this 
beta 27 install I doubt I'd ever have noticed. Although, I do recall 
something said about making some changes to file locations. Unfortunately I 
haven't been paying enough attention lately.

This is a very curious thing to me, since somehow I was opening, rendering 
and closing about a dozen files these past few months (yep, other than a 
particular one I haven't been busy with POVing) without realizing the change 
from the usual folder path I'm accustomed to in C:\Program Files.
So in doing file backups before installing then replacing them into the new 
C:\Program Files\POV-Ray for Windows v3.7 folder, and opening into POV, 
suddenly I was seeing older changes and incorrect file dates. Using Save 
as... wasn't showing me enough of the path so I mistakenly thought it was 
still in the pre-beta place.

Hope this makes others who aren't aware of this as of yet keep from losing 
or mixing up their files.

I guess the most important question to ask would be, how are files going to 
be accessed for backup purposes (among other typical file processes) by the 
end user if this location isn't obvious?

Oh, and thanks once more to all involved with the work on these beta(s).
-- 
/*bob hughes*/

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