Folder locations

Last Updated on Friday, 03 February 2012 06:26 Tuesday, 04 October 2011 10:17

I have used short forms for some folder locations in the articles. Some of the folder locations are different in Windows XP and in Vista/7 . These are as below.

•  Location of %UserProfile% in Windows XP
  C:\Documents and Settings\[username]
  Location of %UserProfile% in Windows Vista and Windows7
  C:\Users\[UserName]
  
• Location of %AllUsersProfile% in Windows XP
  C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
  Location of %AllUsersProfile% in Windows Vista and Windows7
  C:\Users\Public

• Location of %AppData% in Windows XP
  C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data
  Location of %AppData% in Windows Vista and Windows7
  C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming
  C:\ProgramData

• Location of %Local Application Data% in Windows XP
  C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data
  Location of %Local Application Data% in Windows Vista and Windows7
  C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local

• Location of %Common AppData% in Windows XP
  C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
  Location of %Common AppData%  in Windows Vista and Windows7
  C:\ProgramData

• Location of %Programs% in Windows XP
  C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs
  Location of %Programs% in Windows Vista and 7
  C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
  
• Location of %CommonPrograms% in Windows XP
  C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs
  Location of %CommonPrograms% in Windows Vista and 7
  C:\Program data\Microsoft\Windows\Startmenu\Programs

• Location of %LocalSettings% in XP
  C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Local Settings
  Location of %LocalSettings% in Windows Vista and 7
  C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local
  
• Location of %Templates% in Windows XP
  C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Templates.
  Location of %Templates% in Windows Vista/ 7
  C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates