Question Why does no program let me choose installation location?

[Dimitri001]

Recently did a Windows reinstall so now I'm reinstalling all the programs I need and so far I've installed Firefox and a program called Flux and neither one let me choose destination of installation (unless I missed some fine print option). Is this some kinda new trend in software? Why are these programs not letting me choose the destination?

Even NOD32 which I installed on a different computer only had the choose destination option in fine print that you could easily miss.

 

[USAFRet]

Recently did a Windows reinstall so now I'm reinstalling all the programs I need and so far I've installed Firefox and a program called Flux and neither one let me choose destination of installation (unless I missed some fine print option). Is this some kinda new trend in software? Why are these programs not letting me choose the destination?

Even NOD32 which I installed on a different computer only had the choose destination option in fine print that you could easily miss.

Many do.
Some don't.

That is all up to whoever created it.

 

[Dimitri001]

It used to be all did, as it should be. Why would you not let the person decide where to install your program?

 

[USAFRet]

Why would you not let the person decide where to install your program?

Lazy/clueless programmers.

 

[Secret-Squirrel]

Why are these programs not letting me choose the destination?

Software manufacturers probably do that to simplify the installation by not asking questions that some users may find confusing.

However, taking Firefox as an example, there is a full offline installer available and that will let you choose the installation directory and other options. Other programs may have the same.

 

[Ralston18]

Also difficult to update or fix an app when its' host folder(s), code, configuration settings, and data could be who knows where.....

 

[Grobe]

All the software available in portableapps.com are packed in a manner that let you specify the location. Well, it's actually designed in such a way to make it easy to have all your apps and its settings located on a usb stick that you can travel around with.
Mostly Open source apps, that is.