• SGG@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Don’t forget that appdata nowadays has 3 sub folders, local, locallow, and roaming.

    Also there’s C:\programdata

    Also some programs just store it in the user folder, the documents folder, or games/ my games folder if they are a game.

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      7 months ago

      And half the time you’ll find it in the registry too. Linux has proven quite well that an OS doesn’t need a registry.

      Oh, and what’s with ProgramData and AppData being two completely different things. I understand the difference between the two directories, but there is no difference between a program and an app. Everywhere else it’s Machine/User.

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        7 months ago

        Funny thing is, most 3rd-party utility tools don’t use registry but a config. Which makes them portable, btw.

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        7 months ago

        Linux has proven quite well that an OS doesn’t need a registry.

        Gnomes dconf would like to have a word with you. It’s really interesting how the Gnome people seem to get rid of every useful feature as it might confuse the user or be complex, but on the other hand add this registry-like anti-feature to make the system just as unmanageable as Windows.

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      7 months ago

      What the fuck is local low? I don’t understand. Local is Billy G’s jizz… I get that… And Roaming is for poor plebs. But why LocalLow? Is it like cache? But I have seens games saving their save files there. I don’t understand