Not really an error, but that bad behavior has caused that I LOST ALL MY 
POV-RAY SCENE FILES!

What exactly happened: during the recent versions, POV-Ray (Windows) 
installs under some circumstances not into "My Programs", but inside the 
documents folder "My Documents". This is, so far, desired by the POV-Ray 
developers.

I always download the latest Beta versions in order to enjoy the new or the 
improved features. But recognizing that newadays the program POV-Ray is not 
where programs are but where documents are, I always had to cut out and 
paste all my beloved scene files (some date back to the early nineties!!!) 
from the freshly created documents sub folder for POV-Ray into the original 
POV-Ray folder inside "My Programs". Each time I installed a new Beta, I had 
to do this. Always, the new Betas touched all my scene files and moved them 
to the new location...

One day I recognized I couldn't find anymore any of my hundreds of scene 
files. Routinely, I looked into the new folders inside my documents, but 
couldn't see them there, too. I believe, that somewhen during the last 
installations I might have forgotten to move them back to where they belong 
in my file system concept, or whatever. Seems to be my own fault, but it is 
caused by the unusual installation location newadays. Fact is, all of them 
are now lost! And there are really no words which could even come close to 
describe my frustration, anger, hate, helplessness and sadness. There are no 
words which are strong enough. As I said, my oldes files dated back to the 
begin of POV-Ray, those days for DOS. I kept them full of pride as a POV-Ray 
museum. They meant a lot for me, it was my entire history with POV-Ray. Now 
they're gone.

The same with all my later scene files up to now, and also the same with all 
the scene files I do through my company for our clients. All gone. All 
lost...

Those cannot be brought back or replaced, they're lost forever, and that 
causes me and also my company quite a lot, not only financially.

I herewith urge the POV-Ray developers to abandon the concept of installing 
POV-Ray under certain circumstances in any other location than where 
programs belong. It is bad enough that I lost everything. But I don't want 
that this happens to any other POV-Ray user. In fact, I don't beg. I demand.

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