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by ndegruchy 301 days ago
Yeah, the Windows directory story is a mess. Of all the vaunted backwards compatibility they offer, there are some very strange user-facing breaks that don't make much sense. The Home directory structure being one of them.

%APPDATA% is _fairly_ consistent for the past ~20 years. Local and LocalLow are odd distinctions, but have some interesting backgrounds. I don't find many programs abusing them. Roaming being the only real oddball that I find preferences for that aren't overridden by one of the other two folders.