When RCT3 is installed on Windows Vista and Windows 7 the installer puts a My Pictures folder here:

C:\Users\John\My Documents\My Pictures

This is not the standard destination for pictures but is the location chosen by the RCT3 installer. This is where RCT3 goes, by default, to look for images for billboards.

If you prefer to store images in another location on your system you will need to have this folder in place as a starting point in order to navigate through RCT3 to the location where you prefer to store your billboard images.

If the My Pictures folder is removed, for whatever reason, from

C:\Users\John\My Documents\

the solution is to simply replace the folder.

After RCT3 has found this folder for the first time, if you prefer to store billboard images elsewhere and if they are already located in your preferred folder, now you can navigate through the RCT3 billboards menu through the folders on your system and set a new folder location for billboard use in that way. However regardless where you prefer to store your billboard images, each time you launch RCT3 it will by default start at

C:\Users\John\My Documents\My Pictures

and you will need to navigate with RCT3 to your preferred location each time you launch RCT3.

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If it is not possible to simply create a My Pictures folder in this location due to an error message from Windows which indicates that

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the folder you are creating already exists, and therefore

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the folder you are creating will be placed elsewhere

this means the shortcut to My Pictures that comes by default with Windows Vista and Windows 7 is still in place. You’ll need to locate the shortcut and after deleting the shortcut you’ll be able to create a My Pictures folder in this location.

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If one is still not able to create a My Pictures folder in this location, the folder will need to created with the help of Command Prompt.

Open Command Prompt as an administrator. Type in and enter:

cd “C:\Users\John\My Documents”

Type this in with the quotes as they’re shown, and without any space before cd. Be sure and replace C: with your own root drive letter, and to replace John with your own user name. Note the space after cd.

Next Type in and enter

rmdir “My Pictures”

Type this in with the quotes as they’re shown, and without any space before rmdir. Note the space after rmdir.

Ignore any message that displays. Close Command Prompt and go to

C:\Users\John\My Documents\

Now you will find you can create a folder called My Pictures there.

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If the previous method has not worked there is a way of actually creating a My Pictures folder with Command Prompt.

Open Command Prompt as an administrator. Type in and enter:

cd “C:\Users\John\My Documents”

Type this in with the quotes as they’re shown, and without any space before cd. Be sure and replace C: with your own root drive letter, and to replace John with your own user name. Note the space after cd.

Next Type in and enter

rmdir “My Pictures”

Type this in with the quotes as they’re shown, and without any space before rmdir.  Be sure and replace C: with your own root drive letter, and to replace John with your own user name. Note the space after rmdir.

Next Type in and enter

mklink /j “My Pictures” “C:\Users\John\My Documents”

Type this in with the quotes as they’re shown, and without any space before mklink.  Be sure and replace C: with your own root drive letter, and to replace John with your own user name. Note the space after mklink, the space after /j, and the space after “My Pictures”.

When you’re done you should receive a message indicating that the directory junction has been created.  Close command prompt.

If you navigate to

C:\Users\John\My Documents\

you will see your My Pictures folder has been created.