Use recommended storage locations for app and user data #158071
Description
Type: Bug
On Windows, VSCode is putting application data directly in the user profile at $env:userprofile\.vscode. This violates Microsoft recommendations for Windows operating systems and should be moved to the recommended locations.
The application and user data should be moved to storage locations recommended by Microsoft. A selection of recommended storage locations are
- ApplicationData (roaming)
- LocalApplicationData (non-roaming e.g., Local/LocalLow)
- CommonApplicationData (non-roaming)
- CommonProgramFiles (non-roaming)
Source and details about recommended storage locations:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.environment.specialfolder?view=net-6.0
VS Code version: Code 1.70.1 (6d9b74a, 2022-08-10T06:08:33.642Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22000
Modes:
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6600 CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 x 3312) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled |
| Load (avg) | undefined |
| Memory (System) | 15.95GB (6.29GB free) |
| Process Argv | --crash-reporter-id 0042d240-2478-49b5-84e1-386a67589bc7 |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
Extensions (14)
| Extension | Author (truncated) | Version |
|---|---|---|
| vscode-base64 | ada | 0.1.0 |
| vscode-markdownlint | Dav | 0.47.0 |
| xml | Dot | 2.5.1 |
| gitlens | eam | 12.1.2 |
| vscode-diff | fab | 1.4.2 |
| vscode-firefox-debug | fir | 2.9.8 |
| vscode-pull-request-github | Git | 0.48.1 |
| git-graph | mhu | 1.30.0 |
| python | ms- | 2022.12.0 |
| vscode-pylance | ms- | 2022.8.20 |
| remote-wsl | ms- | 0.66.3 |
| hexeditor | ms- | 1.9.8 |
| vscode-typescript-next | ms- | 4.9.20220812 |
| vscode-yaml | red | 1.9.1 |
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