title: What directory is an SMSS SQL Studio project stored in?
body: <p>What directory is an SMSS SQL Studio project stored in?</p>
  
  <p>I can't find where and how SMSS SQL Studio stores projects</p>
  
  <p>For example I have various databases.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/GuCwU.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/GuCwU.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>Is each stored in a separate directory/subdirectory. Where?</p>
  
  <p>I've seen two suggestions and I haven't see anything I can determine to be resembling what might be the database files.</p>
  
  <p>I don't see them here, though I can't even access the directory even after closing SMSS. </p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL&gt;cd data
  Access is denied.
  
  C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And I can't see them here either.</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Users\harvey\Documents\SQL Server Management Studio&gt;dir /ad
   Volume in drive C has no label.
   Volume Serial Number is B411-D580
  
   Directory of C:\Users\harvey\Documents\SQL Server Management Studio
  
  03/04/2018  11:21 PM    &lt;DIR&gt;          .
  03/04/2018  11:21 PM    &lt;DIR&gt;          ..
  28/06/2015  08:20 PM    &lt;DIR&gt;          Code Snippets
  28/06/2015  08:20 PM    &lt;DIR&gt;          Settings
  17/06/2015  09:55 AM    &lt;DIR&gt;          Templates
                 0 File(s)              0 bytes
                 5 Dir(s)     320,012,288 bytes free
  
  C:\Users\harvey\Documents\SQL Server Management Studio&gt;
  </code></pre>