New Built-in Variable for appdata local

[jNizM]

New Built-in Variable for AppData Local

A_LocalAppData or A_AppDataLocal

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Common folder variables (%LOCALAPPDATA%)

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Windows XP and Windows 2000
C:\Documents and Settings\ <user name>\Local Settings\Application Data


Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, and Windows Vista
C:\Users\ <user name>\AppData\Local

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MsgBox % A_AppData              ; ==>  C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming
MsgBox % A_AppDataCommon        ; ==>  C:\ProgramData

MsgBox % A_AppDataLocal         ; ==>  C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local            *I prefer this one
MsgBox % A_LocalAppData         ; ==>  C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local

[lexikos]

I personally would prefer that there were less built-in variables that directly correspond to environment variables, not more. However, I think %LOCALAPPDATA% doesn't exist on Windows XP.

[jNizM]

Do you plan to remove some built-in variables? If so, which ones?

[jNizM]

Since v2 will drop the support for XP and below, how about now?
A_AppDataLocal -> CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA (C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local)

Many programs and settings are stored under LocalAppData.

Ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/usmt/usmt-recognized-environment-variables#variables-that-are-recognized-only-in-the-user-context

[lexikos]

I have it on one of my TODO lists.

I think you missed my point, though. XP doesn't have the environment variable, so having a built-in variable which uses the appropriate API (which XP does have) would be of use there. Without XP support, you can always use EnvGet("LOCALAPPDATA").

[Industry]

Hold up - this is from 2015 and it still hasn't been implemented?