silvertones, there you mention s.th. that might be commented on by PG Music. It is standard Windows convention to install programs to the Program files directory. It would be considered outright bad programming practice to enforce an installaion directory on the root of the system partition.

Personally I opted to stash all music programs onto a different partition, so BB gets installed onto E:\bb here - yet could as well be F:\Band-in-a-Box or X:\you\name\it.

RealTracks are deliberately flexible with respect to their installation directory - it's best to use a high capacity partition. The directories for RealTracks and RealDrums just need to get entered appropriately during the installation procedure - that's all there is to it to get them working. They may even get moved to a different location later on and addressed appropriately via the BB Preferences settings.

Martin