Questions tagged [appdata]
Use this tag when the topic is about the Windows %APPDATA% section of a user's directory. This can include information about how to find where specific programs store your individual settings.
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How to tell the program to look for its AppData/Local files in a flash drive it's installed on
I would like to install a software on a flash drive completely, without creating any local files on a PC (privacy purposes). I have installed the program on a flash drive and I have transferred its ...
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Why files in AppData directories not adding to space left on drive
I have some backup files that get created from a game I play that are stored in the following directory:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\.gameiplay\backups
These backups can get relatively large in ...
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Windows wrongly shows my AppData\Local folder to be 500GB more
I plan to move my AppData folder to D: drive because I have more space following this: Can I move my AppData folder in Windows 10?. However when I try to copy the folder over before doing anything, ...
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Need Help To Copy "AppData" Folder Onto External Storage
I've asked around a number of forums to learn about the least-troublesome, most-straightforward means of backing up the "AppData" folder from an external laptop disk drive onto an external ...
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How do I prevent a standard user from accessing or opening files in %appdatalocal%\Microsoft\Windows\iNetCache without interfering with app usage?
Without interfering with regular app/program usage, I am trying to prevent my non-admin user's access to:
%appdatalocal%\Microsoft\Windows\iNetCache
Use Case: preventing users (including me) from ...
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Run dialog doesn't open the folder inside subfolder of parent directory
I like working with the keyboard a lot, so I use the run dialog often. When I try to open a subfolder from the parent directory (from run dialog) I am able to open it. For example, if I type "...
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Attempting to open AppData with Win + R and %appdata% but doesn't work
I have a laptop, specifically an Asus R540L, where I'm facing an issue when trying to open the AppData folder using the Win + R shortcut and inserting %appdata%. Instead of opening the folder, it ...
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Can programs installed on other hard drives be retrieved with new boot drive?
I am replacing my windows 10 SSD C:\, and since I only have one M.2 slot I have to reinstall Windows on the new one.
However, I barely put anything on this drive; I installed every program to my HDD D:...
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Win10 %temp% (AppData\Local) directory seems to overflow & autodelete some folders periodically, which corrupts browser extensions and other software
I recently briefly changed my temp directory in an attempt to fix a problem with Python and Anaconda, but it's back to the default now (C:\Users\Rob\AppData\Local). I'm almost certain that's the ...
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Restore AppData overwritten files
History of issue: I was trying to restore my deleted tab history of Mozilla Firefox browser, which I didn't synchronize with my account, and I have made a LOT of mistakes. I tried to restore previous ...
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How to import a Chrome extension's files from 6 years ago (I have the session data!)
In 2016, I would backup all my Chrome extension's current session data (the directory looks like this). I copy-pasted these files for few computer transfers and it worked every time - it got my ...
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Issue moving Local from Appdata to new drive (Windows 11)
As suggested in this this forum, I wanted to move Appdata/Local, Appdata/LocalLow and Appdata/Roaming to my D: drive by right clicking and going to Proprieties/Location and use the built in method to ...
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Would the contents of the AppData folder be retrievable from the hard drive of my old laptop?
When my previous laptop's motherboard malfunctioned, I thought I'd still be able to access my old data from my backups, but I couldn't find some of the specific items I was looking for. The repair ...
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How to revert ReadOnly permission changes on AppData folder?
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I have Windows 11 Pro on a Lenevo Thinkpad T14.
Today, I was trying to install some software. Long story short, I got an error that said "Cannot write to AppData folder", so being ...
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Windows 10 -System has blocked Quicken from accessing the following file/folder: c:\users\Admin\AppData\roaming\Intuit so Quicken won't start up
Not sure why this is happening.
Spent hours on the phone with Quicken, with no resolution.
Two unexplained issues about this error. That folder - AppData\Roaming\Intuit doesn't exist and Quicken doesn'...
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