User Profile File Locations on Windows ====================================== Most user settings move from WinXP "C:\Documents and Settings" to Win8 "C:\Users", but with some additional subtle changes. Where C: is listed, this refers to the %SystemDrive% Windows system drive. Base locations are set via registry entries in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList WinXP: Desktop: C:\Documents and Settings\\Desktop SendTo context menu: C:\Documents and Settings\\SendTo Start Menu: C:\Documents and Settings\\Start Menu Run on startup: C:\Documents and Settings\\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Favourites: C:\Documents and Settings\\Favorites User's documents: C:\Documents and Settings\\My Documents Shared settings for all users: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users Template used to create new user: C:\Documents and Settings\Default User Win8: Desktop: C:\Users\\ roaming? ...?? Desktop SendTo context menu: C:\Users\\ ...?? SendTo Start Menu: C:\Users\\AppData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu Run on startup: C:\Users\\Start Menu\Programs\Start-up Favourites: C:\Users\\ ...?? Favorites User's documents: C:\Users\\Documents Shared settings for all users: C:\ProgramData\ .... All Users Template used to create new user: C:\ProgramData\ .... Users\Default User C:\Users\ProgramData\Public...