Application Data Locations

The location for Application Data is specified during installation of Personal Communications. The following tables list the default Application Data locations, based on operating system.

If the [UserProfile]\Application Data location was selected at installation, the following profile paths are used:

Operating System

User-Class Directory (Current User)1

System-Class Directory
Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012 C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\IBM\Personal Communications C:\ProgramData\IBM\Personal Communications
1 The FTP Client configuration files are stored in the profile path mentioned above, under the FTP folder.
If the All Users\Application Data location was selected at installation, the following profile paths are used:

Operating System User-Class Directory (Current User)1 System-Class Directory
Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012 C:\ProgramData\IBM\Personal Communications C:\ProgramData\IBM\Personal Communications
1 The FTP Client configuration files are stored in the profile path mentioned above, under the FTP folder.
Note:
For installations on Windows x64 platforms, the directory path Program Files is replaced by Program Files (x86).