What are the steps you do before playing ? Do you open the archive, then click on "Extract to" and select the place where the files will be put, or do you (double) click on the executable to start the game ?No I don’t think so what do u mean by archives?
If it started recently, and happen with older versions, then it's something you did (voluntarily or not) with Windows.It happens with every game I've launched, some of which are older versions of RenPy.
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In case it matters, it's a Windows 11 laptop and only has a single hard drive / partition. It did not have this problem with RenPy games before a few months ago.
Yeah, with how little I've been able to find on this issue and the fact that it seems only one other person is even having it, I'm aware that reformatting would likely fix it, but I was hoping that someone who knows more about RenPy might have some idea first.If it started recently, and happen with older versions, then it's something you did (voluntarily or not) with Windows.