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minus-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 hours agoIs there an easy to find style guide of how Windows would like you to use these things, cause I never found one. Appdata, my documents, program files… Everyone seems to be all over the place
minus-squarePaintedSnail@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 minutes agoI believe the intent is to use appdata for user-specific configs and programdata for system-wide configs.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoProgram files require admin Appdata doesn’t Documents doesn’t either but in theory it’s for files you want the user to edit or backup
Is there an easy to find style guide of how Windows would like you to use these things, cause I never found one.
Appdata, my documents, program files… Everyone seems to be all over the place
I believe the intent is to use appdata for user-specific configs and programdata for system-wide configs.
Program files require admin
Appdata doesn’t
Documents doesn’t either but in theory it’s for files you want the user to edit or backup