title: Application Data folder in Windows 7
body: <p>I have Windows 7 64 bit installed on my system. I have a question about &quot;C:\ProgramData\Application Data&quot; folder.
  It is mentioned <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb756982.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> and <a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprogeneral/thread/1c3e806a-0412-4591-b94a-ac2b71074b28" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> that &quot;Application Data&quot; is a Junction point which points to C:\ProgramData. So, i would expect the following command to list the contents of the C:\ProgramData folder (my ProgramData folder has folders like McAfee, Microsoft, Adobe, etc..)..</p>
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  <p>cd /d &quot;c:\ProgramData\Application Data&quot;</p>
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  <p>dir</p>
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  <p>However i do not see anything listed...However, if i were to traverse 1 more directory deeper and list the contents, then all the folders under that directory are listed...</p>
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  <p>cd /d &quot;c:\ProgramData\Application Data\McAfee</p>
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  <p>dir</p>
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  <p>I do not understand this behaviour. Would anyone explain?</p>