I will do a full uninstall, and manually delete everything left under mydocuments by Elemental. Then I can have a fresh install with less possibility for trouble.

With the Sins expansion betas it was a full reinstall, I guess it will be the same here.  I'm getting a box anyway as my connection is currently dire.

Are you absolutely sure? The full game will be no where close to the beta - the version the developers have been working on is entirely different, so I doubt if they are going to make a patch.

Clean install is always better.

I myself have run afoul of the horrible evil hidden directory c:\programdata\stardock\elemental that has crap in it from long ago.  I hate hidden directories.

It is possible to choose where to install. To do that:

Click the blue thing next to the explore button.

Choose Preferences

In the window that pops up, choose Folders.

Then click on my software, to get a dropdown, choose My games.

there you can choose default path, and also tick of a box for promt for install directory.

Hit ok to save what you have done.

Enjoy.

User files must be. Install files need to default there, but letting the user install it somewhere else if they choose is just proper installer design.

Yea, I had that issue from Beta 3 to Beta 4.  Would be great to have an uninstall guide here on the forums for both XP and Vista/Win 7 of what all should be manually deleted and what registry entries should be removed (if any).

Thanks!