Tip: Where are my Windows Store Apps and Data located on my local Harddisk

Hello Folks,

a few times i’ve been asked where the Windows Store Apps located incl. the data for Apps (Savegames, configuration files and so on).

So here are the locations for these files:

Binary Application Data: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps
Configuration Data: C:\Users\*User Name*\AppData\Local\Packages

Check the subfolder names in these directories, it should be easy to identify the App folder that you are looking for.

If you want to backup your configuration data or maybe save games just backup the configuration data folder, you can also copy this folder to an other device, i never got an issue by doing this and I’ve done this a few times for Apps which don’t offer a “Sync” option thru Microsoft One Drive.

Please note: These folders are hidden and you need Administrator permissions to modify these folders. Do also note that you never remove an Windows App by deleting just the folder in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps, this will never be enough and can create major issues for this App.

Cheers

Michael