The AppData\Local and AppData\Roaming locations are the preferred locations for applications to store data that is not required to be exposed to the user. In a domain environment, the Roaming is used to copy the user's environment as they log on to different computers. You can find a description in the Windows File System Namespace Usage ...

It's generated by Wininet, there is a scheduled task, the files can be deleted. Feel free to wipe the data as it's only a cache folder. In order to do that manually, you must change the permissions on the files, and delete all the files not currently in use.. I believe Disk Cleanup can also be used. You can view the contents in File Explorer by the way.

Can I copy the AppData/Roaming of UserA to UserB and expect it to work? Long Version: I recently updated a PC to Windows 10 Home (from Win7). After doing so, I discovered that the account the PC was being used for (UserA) was the 'built-in Administrator' account and thus was unable to modify any settings.

Navigate to c:\Users\username\appdata execute the following command: mklink /d local d:\appdata\local replace d:\appdata\local with the actual path of where you moved the appdata to. If you cannot move/delete the original copy, create a 2nd user, make it administrator, login with it, and retry the option. This should ensure that no files are in ...

The original User's Profile directory lives in a directory like C:\Users\username\AppData. How can I refer to the current user's profile directory when using the Windows command line? By searching I found out about %UserProfile% that perhaps refer to the current username, but it does not really work.

There is another question on here that allows users to find the path to their current background image through a cmd command. How could I find out the path to the current desktop image? In Window...

This post outlines how to make the AppData directory show up at the DOS prompt, but how do I make it show up in File Explorer (on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit)? Is there a global setting? Also, wh...

I have a collection of files in my local AppData folder from an install that failed. It seems I need to delete them manually, but I am unable to do so. I am an admin on the PC and am logged in as s...

Many of our users have great difficulty locating these folders, as they are hidden by default, & the instructions to reveal them are fairly confusing to a beginner. To be able to give them a 'URL' link to click that would open their own %appdata% & %localappdata% would be a boon.

I use the new built-in "Users" feature of Chrome to switch between Home/Work accounts easily. However, Chrome remembers the "last" user profile you had selected when launching new windows. This is a