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		joshuaissac on Feb 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: boxxy – Control where Linux programs put ... Some of these programs also spam the home folder on Windows instead of using the path specified in the %APPDATA% environment variable.

remram on Feb 9, 2023 [–]

Some also put it in %HOMEPATH%/.name because they are bad ports from Unix. I'd argue that it's better than in My Documents though.

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