Why does ParaTExt Install files directly on the C drive?

Question

Seems like a problem.

Also makes it hard to manage these items.

I am seeing a list that includes _Cross References cms etc.

Answer 1

This is mostly for historical reasons - the first implementations of Paratext installed the data at the root of the C: drive and we have kept that pattern because it's what most people are used to.

When installing Paratext for the first time on a machine, you can select a different location for both the program and data files. Once Paratext has been installed, the original locations are kept so that users don't end up with data installed in multiple locations.