7 The AppData\Local and AppData\Roaming locations are the preferred locations for applications to store data that is not required to be exposed to the user. In a domain environment, the …

The original User's Profile directory lives in a directory like C:\Users\username\AppData. How can I refer to the current user's profile directory when using the Windows command line?

0 %localAppdata% - Opens AppData's Local folder C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local For those who are too lazy to go back out of the roaming folder and go to local. To me very came …

Jun 7, 2021 · I also tried defining my own user variable in "Edit environment variables for your account" and defined LOCALLOWAPPDATA: C:\Users\<your user profile>\AppData\LocalLow.

Why are there directories called Local, LocalLow, and Roaming under \Users\<username>\AppData? Ask Question Asked 16 years, 6 months ago Modified 5 years, …

Jul 13, 2019 · The AppData folder is located in a user's folder, eg: C:\Users\Username\AppData, whereas the program files folder is located in C:\ The biggest difference here is permissions. If …

Dec 14, 2025 · C:\Users\fgr\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps But when I open an explorer window (e.g. the trash), click on the right of the path to select it, then replace it by typing cmd …

15 I typed %AppData% into the search box in Windows 7 that I get when when I click the Start Button. For some reason, all I see is the Roaming folder, even though I have confirmed that …

By that you should be able to decide on yourself which folder contains important or useless data. Examples of folders containing useless data of considerable size: AppData\Local\Temp\ …

Jul 30, 2020 · The second problem is I'm almost certain %AppData% contains hardlinks, and if it does, it's why it's not intended to ever be moved, since doing so would break those hardlinks, …