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How to request permission to read/write to an %AppData% folder?
I'm trying to be able to read a list of elements (and possibly write to them) from the LocalLow folders where Steam saves some games' data, mostly for the curiosity of it, but I haven't been able to ...
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Backup / copy of files from a specific appdata folder
I'm fairly new to using PowerShell and doing something like this.
I'd like to create a PowerShell script that I can share with other to copy over specific app data folder to an alternative drive.
I ...
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How do I change user.config settings appdata folder?
I'm wondering how I can change the folder of my user.config stored settings folder from the name of the application to the name of the company. For example I want to change %appdata%\AppName\AppName....
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Access to a file within a subfolder in APPDATA directory
I'm trying to open an XML file located within a subfolder the APPDATA dircetory. Obviously the folder changes depending on which user is logged in:
I have no issue if specify the name of the user, for ...
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How do I obtain the AppData or equivalent folder path in C++ that works on Linux and Windows?
I am making a game and I'm using the AppData\Roaming folder to store the file that contains the high score. I'm using the _dupenv_s() function to get the path to this folder.
However, on Linux the ...
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How can I solve these errors
import 'dart:html';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
class SearchScreen extends StatefulWidget {
const SearchScreen({Key? key}) : super(key: key);
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_SearchScreenState ...
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JS get AppData/Local/Packages/<MyApp> path
I have a UWP app that uses WebView to display my web content.
Installing my app on windows creates
C:/Users/[USER_NAME]/AppData/Local/Packages/[MY_APP_NAME]/[SOME_FOLDER]
Is there any way in js to ...
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Powershell Directory change with variable
i am writing a Programm where the script has to change the location to the AppData Folder. But the User at the PC is changeing so there is in my optinon no way to do this static so i wrote a script ...
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Accessing hidden appdata in Google Drive [duplicate]
So, this may have an obvious answer, but I couldn't find anything on it so I figured I'd just try asking. Basically, I was using a free Minecraft server host called "Aternos" to work on a ...
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AutoLisp - Find AppData
I'm having trouble in finding AppData with the parent folder. Originally, my plan was to pull the username, use it to get to C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Roaming\DraftSight, and create a text file with the ...
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How to use resource qualifier names in UWP AppData folder
For my UWP app, I'm trying to move some assets to my AppData folder. I'm surprised that I've seemed to lose the option of using qualifier names in the process.
For example, for the following pair of ...
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App only runs in background until you delete AppData then it works correctly
I have a weird occurrence where the program sometimes only starts in the background and even if you kill it with task manager it still only starts in the background.
When you navigate to AppData/Local/...
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C++ : How to get actual folder path when the path has special folder names
I am trying to find a way to convert a path like this: "%APPDATA%\xyz\Logs\Archive" to this: "C:\Users\abcUser\AppData\Roaming\xyz\Logs\Archive".
I am on Windows platform. I use ...
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Rename a file in Roaming folder for each user in a computer using powershell
I am trying to rename a file in \appdata\Roaming\ for each user profile on a pc.
The command I am trying this, but not working.
What am I doing wrong? Please help.
$old = 'C:\users\*\AppData\Roaming\...
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`os.system` not able to find file created by `with open` and read by `with open`
In a Python3 program running in Windows 10, os.system() is not able to find a file created in the APPDATA directory using with open, even after that same file can be successfully read by a subsequent ...
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Extract a rar file in a double quoted folder with python
Hi how i can add the double quotes to a folder ? with a initial " and a final " ? in a python file without receiving errors ?
this is the bat file with quotes
rar.exe x -o+ -p12345pass ...
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Use application data specific to user in services running through Network Service account
I have a Azure DevOps Pipeline configured to run over Network Service account. It tries to run an application which stores its settings in the user's Roaming AppData folder.
When, I try to run the ...
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How do I make hidden files in windows 10 opaque
Normally when you turn on view hidden files, the hidden files will be semi-transparent. Is there a way to make them full opacity? Specifically, I'm looking to make my appdata folder fully visible.
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Remove [eid]_[hash] in AppData
Just a hobby and not well-verse in C#.
Here's the problem:
The user.config of my executable is stored in the ...\Executable Name_[eid]_[hash]. This would be great if the user opens up my executable in ...
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$PSScriptRoot returns AppData path instead of the running script's path
So I'm trying something out and doing comparisons. Everything else works fine but when I use Ps1 to Exe by F2KO to get the running script's path, it returns something like this
C:\Users\justMe\AppData\...
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How can I pass multiple values of the same type with App::data() in actix-web?
The official example code:
/// use std::cell::Cell;
/// use actix_web::{web, App, HttpResponse, Responder};
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/// struct MyData {
/// counter: Cell<usize>,
/// }
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/// async fn index(...
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Why would one ever use the %TEMP% folder now that Storage Sense can clean it at any time?
Starting with Windows 10, Storage Sense has allowed users to specify %TEMP% folder cleanup that are as frequent as once a day. Technically it can run even more often is set to activate on low disk ...
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How to save file in appdata
What's the path, I have to use to read and write a File which is in the appdata?
Can I use ImageIo or do I have to use something else. And can I use BufferedReader and BufferedWriter?
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C# Application (All-Users Installtion) should use %appdata% per User (even runAs Admin and/or in RDP Session)
I have a C# application that is being installed for all users.
Every user on the pc can use the program, and I need to store user-specific Data per user.
I started with Enviroment.SpecialFolder....
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How to use appDataFolder & Google Picker without full drive scope permission?
Problem I have encountered:
+ Can not copy spreadsheet file, json file, .. to appDataFolder without full drive auth scope.
+ Can not copy spreadhshet file to specific folder that was indentify by ...
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