Where to place files: Local, Local. Low, Roaming? I am installing an application and it asks me. How to decide where to store per-user state? Files under 'Local' and 'LocalLow' in vista and 'Local Settings' in XP do not. Windows Vista and Windows 7 ships with three new folders namely “Local”, “LocalLow” and “Roaming” which has been created by Microsoft intentionally for the following reasons. Under XP I used to place these under C: \Documents and. Settings\< user> \Application Data\< app. What are these 3 subdirs meant for and in which of themshould I place my apps data? Where to place files: Local, LocalLow, Roaming? Discussion in 'Windows Vista File Management' started by Michael Moser, Dec 10, 2007. Why are there directories called Local, LocalLow. The apps themselves choose whether to save to the Local, LocalLow, or Roaming folders. Short answer: AppData\Roaming = files that follow user's login to all computers AppData\Local = files specific to that computer AppData\LocalLow = an area for low integrity apps to write to, e.g. Internet Explorer add-ons. Malware in AppData>LocalLow>? This is a discussion on Malware in AppData>LocalLow>? Description of problem: While online, Microsoft Security. So what is Roaming in Windows 7 anyway? The issue was that someone didn’t know what Local, LocalLow and Roaming was and why they had. The AppData\Roaming folder in Windows Vista is the same as the Documents.
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