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HYPPie
HYPPie
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May 16, 2022
Question

After Effects 22.4 creates an Appdata folder on my Win11 desktop.

  • May 16, 2022
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I do not want this! It is MY desktop! All the folders in it are empty. So I always have to delete it.
How can I/you fix this, please?

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    nishu_kush
    Community Manager
    nishu_kushCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    May 17, 2022

    That's strange!

    Have you tried resetting the preferences? Here's how: https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/faq-how-to-reset-trash-preferences-in-after-effects/td-p/10634342

    Let us know if it brings any change.

     

    Thanks,

    Nishu

    HYPPie
    HYPPieAuthor
    Known Participant
    May 17, 2022

    No change, thank you.

    Alt-launch nor Ctrl-Shift-Alt-launch. Folder keeps appearing on the desktop.
    It is not a disaster, simply annoying.

    HYPPie
    HYPPieAuthor
    Known Participant
    May 18, 2022

    Oh, and it also happens when I open Premiere!
    With AE the Appdata folder wants to be first on the desktop, always. Premiere just creates it after the other folders already on the desktop! Premiere is politer than AE!

    Mathias Moehl
    Community Expert
    Mathias MoehlCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 16, 2022

    The appdata folder is exactly the folder where apps are supposed to put their files. The extensions I developped for Ae, for example, store all images for their user interfaces in that folder. Are you sure that the Appdata folder is empty? Maybe the files inside of it are just hidden.

    Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
    HYPPie
    HYPPieAuthor
    Known Participant
    May 17, 2022

    Hi!
    the Appdata folder contains (with "show hidden items" checked)
    Roaming
    Adobe
    Common
    LUTs and inside LUTs 4 folders

    Creative

    Input
    Output
    Technical
    all of the folders are empty.

    I know the Appdata folder, it is it being created on my desktop everytime I open AE that annoys me.

    Thank you.

     

    HYPPie
    HYPPieAuthor
    Known Participant
    May 17, 2022

    In my normal Appdata folder (Users-Me-Appdata) Creative and Technical are missing. The rest of the structure is the same. Maybe this helps?

     

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