Bug 388184

Summary: wrong folder to store user settings under Windows
Product: [Frameworks and Libraries] frameworks-kconfig Reporter: uwestoehr <uwestoehr>
Component: generalAssignee: Matthew Dawson <matthew>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: caulier.gilles, kdelibs-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.36.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Microsoft Windows   
OS: Microsoft Windows   
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Description uwestoehr 2017-12-23 23:03:29 UTC 
digiKam uses the folder

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\digikam

to store the suer settings. This is not wrong but is annoying if you login on another PC in your network. Therefore the folder to store user settings should be

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\digikam

See e.g.
https://www.howtogeek.com/318177/what-is-the-appdata-folder-in-windows/
for a short explanation of the difference between the Local and the Roaming folder. Most programs use therefore the Roaming folder.
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2017-12-24 07:50:28 UTC 
This problem is relevant of low level KConfig library from KF5 framework used to manage digiKam config files in background.

Gilles Caulier