[pbhjpbhj]

I guess the OS keeping track of .../programs/NameOfProgram/user settings/NameOfUser is just impossible? Or having an app install create a link in /users/NameOfUser/program-config/NameOfProgram to the config folder is equally impossible magic ...?

[thereddaikon]

That's asking a lot of windows. But as a former sys admin, that sounds like it would make things harder to manage. So its linked. But its not really there. So existing userdata backup automation wouldn't catch it. Sorry your Outlook psts are gone. User data should live with users. The problem isn't with that paradigm. Its that its abused and wide open.