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That is indeed a good idea, but Program Files on Windows is mainly for 64 bit applications.
And from what I've googled, Blizzard introduced 64 bit client only in patch 4.3.2 (making this change irrelevant), see http://wowwiki.wikia.com/64-bit_client

Just as an example, I have 64 bit OS, but the client is 32 bit so it's installed in Program Files (x86) regardless. #windowsstuff

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I was thinking of supporting OSX's /Applications/World of Warcraft/Data mainly.

At present we only support 3.3.5a though, would that change anything for where the client is to be found?

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Yes, but only on Windows. As I mentioned, 64 bit software is located in Program Files and 32 bit stuff in Program Files (x86). These two directories coexist. #windowslyfe

So I think we should rather check for the OS type and based on that provide a default value (either Program Files (x86) or /Applications/World of Warcraft/Data)

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Oh sorry, I always thought the folder was called Program Files (x64)!

Yep, sounds good! 👍

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Implemented in #38

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