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[BUG] Chocolatey refuses to install anywhere except in the UniGetUI folder

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### UniGetUI Version

2026.2.7

### Windows version, edition, and architecture

Windows 10

### Describe your issue

I am trying to install Chocolatey while having Chocolatey previously installed (via UniGetUI?)

The reason I am doing this is because I DO NOT want my chocolatey install location to be;

`C:\Users\Main\AppData\Local\UniGetUI\Chocolatey`

I instead want the location be the default for Chocolatey installs, which is;

`C:\ProgramData\Chocolatey` [Source](https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/default-chocolatey-install-reasoning/)

The problem is; no matter how I now choose to install Chocolatey; it ALWAYS installs to

`C:\Users\Main\AppData\Local\UniGetUI\Chocolatey`

Even using an install method [totally unrelated to UniGetUI](https://chocolatey.org/install); the Powershell window will say it is installing there; and I have no control to change it. It is totally ignoring the default install location to install in the UniGetUI folder.

How do I change this??? I do not want my Chocolatey installed apps to be in the UniGetUI subfolder.

Thanks.
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I also know about changing the Chocolatey executable location via UniGetUI, which I will of course be doing once I have Chocolatey installed at its 'default' location.

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