Programs installing to several levels deep Program Files (x86) folders

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I have my Win7 OS and some core programs installed on a SSD with a HDD for the bulk of my programs. Several times lately, when I install programs, I change the default install location to install to the HDD. However, when the programs proceeds through installation, it ignores the location I specified and installs to a several levels deep string of Program Files (x86).

 

 

ex. C:\Programs Files (x86)\Programs Files (x86)\Programs Files (x86)\Programs Files (x86)\Programs Files (x86)\Programs Files (x86)\*install location*

 

 

It doesn't always install to the same folder. There are, as of right now, eight levels of "\Programs Files (x86)" with programs installed in all of them.

 

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