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		indrora 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Grayjay Desktop App Even Windows has %appdata% which is where you put stuff on disk that you need to stash away. There's also function calls iirc which will give you a handle to a temporary file if you need it.

LeonB 7 months ago [–]

And if you’re feeling particularly Sadomasochistic there’s always the Windows Registry.

chupasaurus 7 months ago | [–]

Hey, that's NSFW content on HN!

Also I still find it funny that OpenSSH client shipped via feature uses %HOMEDIR%\.ssh

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