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Why are there directories called Local, LocalLow, and Roaming under \Users\<username>\AppData?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 2026116997 views
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I have a workstation running Windows Server 2008 that's logged into an AD domain, and I have a dual boot with Ubuntu Linux. When running Linux, I'd like to be able to use the same Thunderbird profile I use under Windows, so I pointed Thunderbird to use a profile I found under: It turns out it was not the correct profile -- it had the right configuration, but the Inbox was an old version. I eventually found out the correct path was: What's the rationale behind those different places to store application data?

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\Users\(myname)\AppData\Local\Thunderbird\Profiles

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Fix for: Why are there directories called Local, LocalLow, and Roaming under \Users\<username>\AppData?

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is the folder that would be synchronized with a server if you logged into a domain with a roaming profile (enabling you to log into any computer in a domain and access your favorites, documents, etc. Firefox stores its information here, so you could even have the same bookmarks between computers with a roaming profile. is the folder that is specific to that computer - any information here would not be synchronized with a server. This folder is equivalent in Windows XP to . is the same folder as…

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