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Asked: 2026-05-11T18:48:42+00:00

What is the exact path to %allusersprofile% folder in Windows Vista? On some systems,

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What is the exact path to %allusersprofile% folder in Windows Vista? On some systems, I have seen the folder as ‘c:\Users\All Users’, on some it is mapped to ‘C:\ProgramData’, while on others it has been mapped to ‘C:\Users\Public’.

If you can provide link to microsoft documentation reference would be highly helpful (so far I have been unable to dig the link out).

Edit: Registry settings do define the location of the folder. What I am looking for is more towards how Windows interprets/defines these folders at installation time? What is the default location of this folder as defined by Microsoft Windows Vista?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This document on MSDN shows the new methods in Vista to locate known folders, including the one you ask about specifically: "C:\Documents and Settings".

    I gather this can be changed simply by changing the registry (and moving the current directory).

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