Warning about Corel Download Manager and Windows Vista

I today noticed that you need to be careful with certain ActiveX controls that you run with Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0 in Windows Vista (I'm using Beta 2, build 5384 for this). I was about to try Corel's Paint Shop Pro X, and one can find a free trial version from their web site.

The problem with Corel is that you need to install their download manager to get any downloads from them. They use Netopsystems' Get, which is a "1-Click Download and Installation Manager" according to their site. Well, the problem is that it doesn't work property on Windows Vista.

The problem is that the download manager doesn't give you any chance to select the download directory, and instead chooses the desktop for you. But because of IE7's Protected Mode (I believe), the ActiveX download manager newer has the ability to write to my desktop, and instead the path gets virtualized. However, it took me a while to find this location, since it is a bit tricky:

C:\Users\Jani Järvinen\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Virtualized\C\Users\Jani Järvinen\Desktop\PaintShopProX

As you can see, with Vista loose security practices are gone. And I like that; instead of blaming Microsoft, I blame Corel for a) forcing me to use their download manager, and b) not allowing me to select where I want to save my stuff. I just hate when things like this happen. And, it's the first day of my three-week summer vacation.