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Why doesn't Discord installed to the usual Windows folders of C:\Program Files or C\Program Files (x86)? If it's not in Program Files, where does it install to?
Stevoisiak
Posted 2017-03-20T00:34:42.070
Reputation: 8 152
Why doesn't Discord install to Program Files on Windows?
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On Windows, Discord is installed to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Discord. You find it by entering %localappdata%\Discord in the Windows Explorer path bar.
As for why Discord installs to AppData...
It's because we use the Squirrel Installer, it doesn't offer much customization, we're working on our own custom installer.
Note: Currently it is not possible to change Discord's default installation location, despite being a fairly popular request.
Stevoisiak
Posted 2017-03-20T00:34:42.070
Reputation: 8 152
3Does discord need admin rights to install? I'd guess the need for that is what they're trying to get around, for an application they feel only one user per system will use – Journeyman Geek – 2017-03-20T00:52:04.533
I can confirm that Discord is currently able to be installed without admin rights. – Dan Henderson – 2019-10-15T17:22:59.873
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In general to be able to answer these type of questions by yourself I recommend installing Everything. There you can quickly search for all files on your machine.
– Michael S. – 2017-03-21T17:40:30.647