Windows 10: the AppData ads
In Windows 10 you have three options, the folder AppData to show.
- Open the Explorer and enter the search term %appdata% in the address bar. Confirm with [Enter] to display the folder view.
- A further Option on the Run Dialog. To do this, press the key combination [Windows]+[R] and enter %appdata%. With the input confirmation, you arrive to the searched folder.
- Alternatively, you can navigate to the path "C:\Users\[your user name]". Sometimes the path looks like this: "C:\Benutzer\ [your user name]. Then, you navigate in the menu bar to the "view" tab and tick the Option "show hidden elements".
Hidden Order in Windows 7/8 make it visible
Proceed as follows:
- Click "Start" and open "Computer".
- Select the top-left of the drop-down menu "Organize".
- In the context menu click on "folder and search options".
- Then go to the tab "view".
- You put the dot in "show hidden files, folders, and drives".
- Then close the window by clicking on the "OK"button.
App Data folder on Windows
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To open the AppData folder
Make sure you know what you want to change the AppData-folder. As system-relevant files, you should be careful to protect your Windows from crashing.
- Click "Start" and then click your user name.
- There you will find the folder "AppData" with the sub-folders "Local", "LocalLow" and "Roaming".
- Even faster, open the folder, if you press the key combination [Windows] + [R] and in the "Run"-window "%appdata%" (without the quotation marks).
AppData folder open
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