diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host.Service/Program.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host.Service/Program.cs
index c2f72b0901..4a9d39fcd2 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host.Service/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host.Service/Program.cs
@@ -179,7 +179,9 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Service
 			var exePath = Path.Combine(assemblyDirectory, $"{assemblyNameWithoutExtension}.exe");
 
 			var programDataDirectory = Path.Combine(
-				Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData),
+				Environment.GetFolderPath(
+					Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData,
+					Environment.SpecialFolderOption.DoNotVerify),
 				Server.Common.Constants.CanonicalPackageName);
 
 			using var processInstaller = new ServiceProcessInstaller();
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/ByondInstallerBase.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/ByondInstallerBase.cs
index cf20d498a9..f02239969f 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/ByondInstallerBase.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/ByondInstallerBase.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Engine
 		protected override EngineType TargetEngineType => EngineType.Byond;
 
 		/// <summary>
-		/// Bath to the system user's local BYOND folder.
+		/// Path to the system user's local BYOND folder.
 		/// </summary>
 		protected abstract string PathToUserFolder { get; }
 
@@ -157,12 +157,6 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Engine
 			ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(fullDmbPath);
 
 			var byondDir = PathToUserFolder;
-			if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(byondDir))
-			{
-				Logger.LogTrace("No relevant user BYOND directory to install a \"{fileName}\" in", TrustedDmbFileName);
-				return;
-			}
-
 			var cfgDir = IOManager.ConcatPath(
 				byondDir,
 				CfgDirectoryName);
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/PosixByondInstaller.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/PosixByondInstaller.cs
index cddace53c8..f3c9c561b1 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/PosixByondInstaller.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/PosixByondInstaller.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Engine
 			PathToUserFolder = IOManager.ResolvePath(
 				IOManager.ConcatPath(
 					Environment.GetFolderPath(
-						Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile),
+						Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile,
+						Environment.SpecialFolderOption.DoNotVerify),
 					"./byond/cache"));
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/WindowsByondInstaller.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/WindowsByondInstaller.cs
index 0ebf63ff9f..0f40d3f538 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/WindowsByondInstaller.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Engine/WindowsByondInstaller.cs
@@ -100,11 +100,12 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Engine
 			this.processExecutor = processExecutor ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(processExecutor));
 			generalConfiguration = generalConfigurationOptions?.Value ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(generalConfigurationOptions));
 
-			var documentsDirectory = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments);
-			if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(documentsDirectory))
-				PathToUserFolder = null; // happens with the service account
-			else
-				PathToUserFolder = IOManager.ResolvePath(IOManager.ConcatPath(documentsDirectory, "BYOND"));
+			var documentsDirectory = Environment.GetFolderPath(
+				Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments,
+				Environment.SpecialFolderOption.DoNotVerify);
+
+			PathToUserFolder = IOManager.ResolvePath(
+				IOManager.ConcatPath(documentsDirectory, "BYOND"));
 
 			semaphore = new SemaphoreSlim(1);
 			installedDirectX = false;
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/FileLoggingConfiguration.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/FileLoggingConfiguration.cs
index aa798cfed3..c317fc1b97 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/FileLoggingConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/FileLoggingConfiguration.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Configuration
 
 			return platformIdentifier.IsWindows
 				? ioManager.ConcatPath(
-					Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData),
+					Environment.GetFolderPath(
+						Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData,
+						Environment.SpecialFolderOption.DoNotVerify),
 					assemblyInformationProvider.VersionPrefix,
 					"logs")
 				: ioManager.ConcatPath(
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
index 3ce52f39be..10f2728465 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
@@ -367,7 +367,9 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Core
 
 			// only global repo manager should be for the OD repo
 			var openDreamRepositoryDirectory = ioManager.ConcatPath(
-				Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData),
+				Environment.GetFolderPath(
+					Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData,
+					Environment.SpecialFolderOption.DoNotVerify),
 				assemblyInformationProvider.VersionPrefix,
 				"OpenDreamRepository");
 			services.AddSingleton(
diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/CachingFileDownloader.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/CachingFileDownloader.cs
index bd7d01bbbd..de540b606d 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/CachingFileDownloader.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/CachingFileDownloader.cs
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests
 				// actions is supposed to cache BYOND for us
 
 				var dir = Path.Combine(
-					Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile),
+					Environment.GetFolderPath(
+						Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile,
+						Environment.SpecialFolderOption.DoNotVerify),
 					"byond-zips-cache",
 					windows ? "windows" : "linux");
 				path = Path.Combine(
diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/InstanceTest.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/InstanceTest.cs
index fc5177e355..611ee9ed6f 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/InstanceTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Tests/Live/Instance/InstanceTest.cs
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Tests.Live.Instance
 		{
 			var ioManager = new DefaultIOManager();
 			var odRepoDir = ioManager.ConcatPath(
-				Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData),
+				Environment.GetFolderPath(
+					Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData,
+					Environment.SpecialFolderOption.DoNotVerify),
 				new AssemblyInformationProvider().VersionPrefix,
 				"OpenDreamRepository");
 			var odRepoIoManager = new ResolvingIOManager(ioManager, odRepoDir);