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Right now PlayOnLinux keeps installing everything on $HOME/.PlayOnlinux/$WINEPREFIX ,where $WINEPREFIX is the name given during the installation.

It would be nice to have the ability to specify the folder where the user wants the application to be installed ( eg: /usr/local/games or /opt/PlayOnLinux) instead of just giving his wineprefix name .

It could be useful for people with home being on a smaller partition / with too little space on it.

right now it's only possible by moving the actual folder and by hand editing the script the application uses to run.

You need privilage on computer to do that. And PlayOnLinux will NEVER ask you to give root password.

well of course, /opt and /usr where only an example. I mean, it could even be an external usb drive , LAN drive o whatever is mounted under /media.

it could only be a form asking "where do you want to store this game?"

POL is running as a local use application and as such will install the game for the local user in his home directory. this is the correct behavior as POL is a user application not a server/service.

However. Allowing you to install anywhere on your home directoy would be nice. I personally prefer to have my games all in $HOME/Games, so a "option" to change this "could" be worthwhile ...

well , working from outside PlayonLinux, you could just "ln -s .Playonlinux Games" and get what you desire.

Even my suggestion is a moot point, because i've solved by moving the .playonlinux folder on /media/usbdrive and then "ln -s /media/usbdrive/.playonlinux ~/.playonlinux"

It is impossible. Wine can run only on ext3

It is impossible. Wine can run only on ext3

More precisely, it can run only on Linux partitions (my partitions are xfs ones and Wine works )