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stev Wolf
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Jan 04, 2018
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What are known folders ???????

I am reading a Microsoft article called Redirect known folders to onedrive for business. But I can not see any description as to what known folders actually are. Can someone list what the known fol...
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    Cian Allner
    Jan 04, 2018

    Yes they are those special folders you mentioned such as Desktop, Documents, Program Files, etc.  You can actually list them with this https://weblogs.asp.net/kennykerr/Known-Folders-Browser-1.0-_2800_for-Vista-and-Beyond_2900_, which I tried out and works ok:

     

     

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Cian Allner
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Jan 04, 2018

Yes they are those special folders you mentioned such as Desktop, Documents, Program Files, etc.  You can actually list them with this https://weblogs.asp.net/kennykerr/Known-Folders-Browser-1.0-_2800_for-Vista-and-Beyond_2900_, which I tried out and works ok:

 

 

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stev Wolf
Copper Contributor
Jan 04, 2018

Thank you very much I have downloaded the program it shows alot of files.

 

Thats a neat program. I wonder  if any subfolder is a known folder?

 

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    Cian Allner
    Silver Contributor
    Jan 04, 2018

    Yes I think so, anything listed with an identifier (GUID) looks like a Known Folder.  Many of them listed in the program can be cross-referenced with this list as well - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457(v=vs.85).aspx like Downloads - 374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B for example.

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