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ProgramData is the global application storage. AppData has been there since at least XP. Local is intended to be specific to this computer whereas roaming is so
by wbkang 5y ago
ProgramData is the global application storage. AppData has been there since at least XP. Local is intended to be specific to this computer whereas roaming is something that is user specific that can be available across machines.
The closest thing I can find is this https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/knownfolderid https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/knownfo...
- jopsen 5y agoCompared to the XDG directory specification that MSDN link is garbage. Just my personal opinion.