windows - What is %AppData%? - Super User 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 Roaming is used to copy the user's environment as they log on to different computers You can find a description in the Windows File System Namespace Usage
How to generically refer to the AppData folder on the Windows command . . . 23 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? By searching I found out about %UserProfile% that perhaps refer to the current username, but it does not really work
Why does `cd %appdata%` not work on Windows 11? One way to get into it is by using the Run dialog box using Windows+R And then type %appdata% into it and hit enter But not being able to cd into it is causing issues when trying to get to that f
Is there a list of Windows special directories shortcuts (like %TEMP . . . I would just correct that what the OP is asking about are not any special directories or shortcuts but regular environment variables They may contain any numeric or alphanumeric value, some of them just contain filesystem paths
Restore %APPDATA% to AppData Roaming folder - Super User After installing Windows, I originally moved the 3 AppData subfolders to my external harddrive, but I quickly changed my mind and restored them (clicking the restore button) Now %APPDATA% is incor