[Scummvm-tracker] [ScummVM :: Bugs] #9664: BACKENDS: Win64 - Conf parameter still creates files in %appdata% thus breaking portability (create portable mode)

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#9664: BACKENDS: Win64 - Conf parameter still creates files in %appdata% thus
breaking portability (create portable mode)
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Reporter:  lwcorp           |       Owner:  lotharsm
    Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
Priority:  normal           |   Component:  Port: Win64
 Version:                   |  Resolution:
Keywords:  portable         |        Game:
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Description changed by lwcorp:

Old description:

> Using --config="conf\scummvm.ini" means I get to use a portable version
> for an INI file under ScummVM's own folder.
>
> But using it still creates the **blank** folders
> **%appdata%\ScummVM\Saved games** and **%appdata%\ScummVM\Icons** (which
> are blank as scummvm.ini contains alternative locations for extrapath and
> savepath).
>
> Please avoid creating anything in %appdata% to ensure portability
> especially as empty folders are meaningless anyway.
>
> **October 2021 Update**
> Until #11412 (**log** command line parameter), which just entered an
> official release, there was also %appdata%\ScummVM\scummvm.log, which can
> now be avoided.

New description:

 Using --config="conf\scummvm.ini" means I get to use a portable version
 for an INI file under ScummVM's own folder.

 But using it still creates the **blank** folders **%appdata%\ScummVM\Saved
 games** and **%appdata%\ScummVM\Icons** (which are blank as scummvm.ini
 contains alternative locations for extrapath and savepath).

 Please avoid creating anything in %appdata% to ensure portability
 especially as empty folders are meaningless anyway.

 **October 2021 Update**
 Until #11412 (**log** command line parameter), which just entered an
 official release, there was also %appdata%\ScummVM\scummvm.log, which can
 now be avoided.

 **May 2025 Update**
 A third empty folder is created: **%appdata%\ScummVM\DLCs**.

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