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Respectful Windows apps should drop their leftovers under %UserProfile%\Application Data or %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data.

• davidjade 8y ago
  This x1000 but even Microsoft products are creating dotfiles in the users profile directory now and not in AppData where they should be.
  • Kuraj 8y ago
    I didn't believe you until I checked on my machine. Madness.
  • ukyrgf 8y ago
    Yep, I'm looking a .dotnet a .nuget and a .vscode folder right now.
• int_19h 8y ago
  Respectful Windows apps should call SHGetKnownFolderPath() with FOLDERID_LocalAppData or FOLDERID_RoamingAppData. Hardcoding paths is a bad idea, since they can change - indeed, they have already changed once in Vista, and the paths that you suggest are obsolete on Vista and above - it's %UserProfile%\AppData now (although it still provides symlinks for compatibility).