[nearmiss]

ok well everytime i uninstall it the folder it was in and shortcut are removed it was in is gone too. unlike everyone else who might have the game disk itself i had to download mine from GOG.com but that shouldn't be a problem right? but anyway when i uninstall the game the folder it was in is lost so i couldn't change the name.

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You do not have to retain the old folder. I did because I did. No reason.

Don't worry if it is gone, because you don't need anything there.

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I uninstall IL2 using the Control panel to clean out registry entries.

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When you new install of IL2 do a custom install to a folder that is NOT in folder called "program files" folder (the default)

Install IL2 in any folder you name, but NOT inside the "program files" folder or you will get the virtualstore thing again.

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I don't know about GOG.com. Someone else will have to help with that, if it's a problem.