At least give us the opportunity to store them where we would like.
I think the ship has sailed on that one. I don't know, but there might be hope for an option to hide them.
I often work with files via windows explorer and as such these files are an annoyance for me.
Even when Explorer includes one-click filtering by file type?
Sorry, I just can't fathom how files stored in the most sensible location in a file system can be an annoyance. If I want to see or do something with a sidecar file, it would be an extreme annoyance to have to look for it elsewhere. And if I don't want to see them, I can hide them. Granted, this is somewhat easier—if not automatic—when using a real file manager (e.g.,
Directory Opus). But it doesn't seem right to ask JRiver to make changes to compensate for deficiencies in Windows Explorer.