Hello @DonBCilly, I clearly understand your question and desire.
I, too, have desire for being able to place my /BOOTISOS (the folder where I keep all of my Ventoy ISOs on the 1st partitiion) anywhere on system's storage and to have Ventoy search and allow selection from that folder of ISO contents.
BUT to be VERY TRUTHFUL, this product is designed and built by @LongPanda and his vision of its purpose and its use in his. He is entitled to that. I support ALL developers who bring their ideas to us as they think it will best serve. And Ventoy seemingly intents that fact.
So, because of its beneficial intent, I APPLAUD the efforts by the author(s) to provide a useful service entity; namely Ventoy and its website and its forum...which is a massive amount of work.
The idea of Ventoy, I believe, is to have its users take a USB stick solely for use with Ventoy. That is its current mission.
You might consider a "sole purposed" USB unit for the multi-boot Ventoy advantages. At least until Ventoy matures (and it will) to a point where other options raised may become reality. But for now, it has benefit in its current state.
Good luck to everyone.
I, too, have desire for being able to place my /BOOTISOS (the folder where I keep all of my Ventoy ISOs on the 1st partitiion) anywhere on system's storage and to have Ventoy search and allow selection from that folder of ISO contents.
BUT to be VERY TRUTHFUL, this product is designed and built by @LongPanda and his vision of its purpose and its use in his. He is entitled to that. I support ALL developers who bring their ideas to us as they think it will best serve. And Ventoy seemingly intents that fact.
So, because of its beneficial intent, I APPLAUD the efforts by the author(s) to provide a useful service entity; namely Ventoy and its website and its forum...which is a massive amount of work.
The idea of Ventoy, I believe, is to have its users take a USB stick solely for use with Ventoy. That is its current mission.
You might consider a "sole purposed" USB unit for the multi-boot Ventoy advantages. At least until Ventoy matures (and it will) to a point where other options raised may become reality. But for now, it has benefit in its current state.
Good luck to everyone.
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