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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
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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.

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    Does 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 Mar 20 '17 at 00:52
  • Related: [What is “%AppData%”?](https://superuser.com/q/632891/358766) – Stevoisiak Aug 18 '17 at 13:49
  • I can confirm that Discord is currently able to be installed without admin rights. – Dan Henderson Oct 15 '19 at 17:22
  • @JourneymanGeek I don't get this reasoning. If you're the only one on PC - you DO have admin, and if you have several users, then why do you feel only one will ever use voice chat? Both job-communication related or family gaming PC all fit "everyone will use it" profile. I hate this idiotic trend of "lets shit over all HDD space with dozens of copies of same thing" popularized by Chrome (on that note I hate having dozens of copies of CEF into single account too). – Oleg V. Volkov May 16 '20 at 18:47
  • is there a reason to why it still hasn't existed the response was from 2017. I know their teams are always busy cleaning up the program with great updates, I'd figure letting people pick where to install would be a nice one. – Franky Rivera Jun 21 '20 at 05:38