This isn't a modding question, but it has a lot to do with finding files, so I figured I would find the right type of people in this sub-forum.
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As a person that's used to XP, I recently purchased a new HP notebook with Vista on it. I installed RTW as usual on it, and then saved a game. Then when I tried to find the save files in their usual folder, they weren't there. In fact the "saves" folder was missing from my RTW directory completely. Oddly enough when I went to load campaign, the save was there. So RTW knew where the file was...but the question was could I find it.

I then performed a comprehensive search of the entire laptop that took about 20 minutes, and it found the file. But the file path was really bizarre.
C:\Users\My Computer\Appdata\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\saves
This is bizarre because the folder "Appdata" doesn't exist in My Computer folder. And yet when I put that file path in the Run program, it will take me straight to the save files.

The problem that I want to be solved is that I want to know how to combine this mysterious RTW directory that's got my saves in it, with my usual RTW directory.

I would appreciate any advice from Vista savvy RTW players.