Older versions of the program used to allow me to designate a folder where the AFR file was to be stored. Why can’t I do this anymore?

With recent releases of Windows updates, it became harder to identify which file locations are allowed for users to access. The result is Microsoft Windows has put heavy restrictions on file locations, and this feature stopped working if there was not a valid file path allowed from Windows. Common practice is to put supplemental files in the ProgramData location, so this was adopted.