[indrora]

Even Windows has %appdata% which is where you put stuff on disk that you need to stash away. There's also function calls iirc which will give you a handle to a temporary file if you need it.

[LeonB]

And if you’re feeling particularly Sadomasochistic there’s always the Windows Registry.

[chupasaurus]

Hey, that's NSFW content on HN!

Also I still find it funny that OpenSSH client shipped via feature uses %HOMEDIR%\.ssh