The differences between XP and Vista folder locations
April 30th, 2008 by Ross McKillop |
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So you’ve upgraded to Vista. Now you’re wondering where exactly your files and folders went. This chart breaks down the differences between where Windows XP kept files and where Windows Vista keeps files.
| Windows XP | Windows Vista | ||||
| C:\Documents and Settings\ | C:\Users\ | ||||
| C:\Documents and Settings\your-username\My Documents\ | C:\Users\your-username\Documents\ | ||||
| C:\Documents and Settings\your-username\My Documents\My Pictures\ | C:\Users\your-username\Pictures\ | ||||
| C:\Documents and Settings\your-username\My Documents\My Music\ | C:\Users\your-username\Music\ | ||||
| C:\Documents and Settings\your-username\Local Settings\ | C:\Users\your-username\AppData\Local\ | ||||
| C:\Documents and Settings\your-username\Local Settings\Temp\ | C:\Users\your-user-name\AppData\Local\Temp\ | ||||
| C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\ | C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\ |
6 Responses to “The differences between XP and Vista folder locations”
By Colin on May 1, 2008 | Reply
Windows 7 will introduce a new shorthand for your home directory: ~/
By Don White on May 3, 2008 | Reply
And C:\Users\ will simply become /home/
By linuxamp on May 6, 2008 | Reply
If you can’t find your data in the expected directory check the ‘low’ directories. Low integrity apps which write to the directories above in XP may be redirected to write to the ‘low’ directory in Vista.
By Bobkat on May 8, 2008 | Reply
No I haven’t upgraded to Vista … I’ve upgraded to UBUNTU.
no problem its all in my Home folder
By Xenomorph on May 8, 2008 | Reply
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\ is the shortcut for ALL USERS Start Menu, NOT the “your username” location.
By Ross McKillop on May 8, 2008 | Reply
@Xenomorph:
You’re absolutely right, I’ll fix that right now. Cheers!
Ross