You can view the AppData folder manually by going into your Users folder, which is there in the C drive. You can also access the AppData folder directly using the AppData system variable. Windows will directly open up the Roaming folder which is inside the AppData folder. Typically, you won't have to worry about the data inside the AppData folder — that is why it is hidden by default. It is only used by application developers to store the necessary data required by the application. Everyday Windows users will only need to access or view the AppData folder if they need to create a backup of their application data.
I'm a Full Stack Developer based in Mumbai who loves to build modern and performant applications. If this article was helpful, tweet it. I like to do a lot of experimenting with new software so drive C does have a lot of turmoil.
Will have to low-key until i get some space more available. Thanks again, savagcl. Zander my Friend you are quite right. The two folders concerned to not appear to be movable. Actuall This is the first that I realy have paid any attention to them. So I guess that they are best left alone. Also I was imporperly maybe thinking of other downloaded files.
I just took a peak at them and they are not what I was thinking about in reference to Downloads. Hummm, I'll leave them alone until i do more researching. I do have one more that i though i had finally gotten rid of once and for all. I uninstalled Symantec a long time ago but There is nothing in it at all but when i removed it from the registry, I couldnt get windows to boot. The error was system config was damaged good thing i have Acronis, 12 minutes and i was back online.
How about: deleting this empty folder first then remove it from the reg? Will windows still see the system config as damaged? Thoughts, ideas??? Thanks, Guys, savagcl. Part way home. Also, if you haven't already done so, you can free up more space on the drive by moving your pagefile to a different partition or drive. If you use or have ever used the hibernate feature there will be a large file I believe it's equal to the amount of ram you have in the root of your c: drive named hyberfil.
If you have one you can delete it assuming you don't use hibernate. If you do, turn it off and then delete the file. If you use OE you can save some more space by moving OE's store folder to a drive other than c. Another thing that comes to mind is system restore. Viewed 49k times. Improve this question. Installing to AppData requires either never being successful at what you do or having a really good lawyer.
Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. The Guy with The Hat 10k 7 7 gold badges 54 54 silver badges 72 72 bronze badges. Is there any way to move AppData to a different drive? I got a C drive that's a small SSD. Also if AppData has all these advantages and Program files has the only advantage of inertia, shouldn't we try to move all apps to AppData?
And AppData is such a strange place, I wish it was more obvious where it is. I'd advise against installing to AppData unless you have really good reason to do so. Program Files is where the user will expect it, and the permissions are set up like that as well. AppData has a few flaws, namely that the program is only installed for that one user, and could actually be repeatedly installed because of that. The other thing is AppData roaming follows users on a server network, and so making that take more space could make logging in slower.
As for how to move AppData, first copy it over, then use mklink to create a folder from it's original location to the new location. You'll have to delete the folder from the C drive before you create the link, so make sure it's copied over successfully first — mirhagk. You can add these to the list of apps that install to AppData by default: Fiddler, Freeter, and Slack.
Making matters worse, sometimes these apps eg. Freeter, and Slack in earlier versions create desktop shortcuts to the app that actually run an updater program, then run the main app from a version-specific subfolder.
This makes it difficult to maintain usable a shortcut anywhere else besides the desktop. Show 1 more comment.
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