Storing lots of data in %appdata%\Roaming is a bad idea

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I see that localwp is storing quite some data in %appdata%\Roaming like complete wordpress downloads. Did the developers not appreciate what %appdata%\roaming and %appdata%\Local is all about? or is this a deliberate glitch?

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Thanks for the feedback, @theking2.

Now that you mention it, Electron does warn against using that path for large files:

  • userData The directory for storing your app’s configuration files, which by default is the appData directory appended with your app’s name. By convention files storing user data should be written to this directory, and it is not recommended to write large files here because some environments may backup this directory to cloud storage.
    — https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/app#appgetpathname

I’m not sure if that warning was in place when this decision for Local was originally made, though.

Is this backup issue something that you’ve run into yourself with Local?

As a Windows user, where would you expect Local to store files instead?

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%LocalAppdata% Application.LocalUserAppDataPath Property (System.Windows.Forms) | Microsoft Learn

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