My guess would be because they are DXi and register with the OS, so the safe path is C:
Otherwise they may get lost and cause crashing, etc.

There is a separate PGPlugins executable, so you can install them on whatever system you need them on.
Not the answer you want, I know.

Send support an email and see what they say.

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