[BaseCamp] where does BC store files on the C-drive?

[Ashley Horn]

It’s a hidden folder. Either turn on hidden files or type in appdata 

Ashley Horn

> On May 31, 2020, at 10:16 AM, saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ashley
> 
> Interesting.  Once I open Windows Explorer and get to the
> c:\User\<username>, I have nothing like AppData named as folders in there.
> I'm not advanced enough to have every renamed or rerouted it.  It has
> always simply been going to the default location, wherever that is.
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 8:56 AM Ashley Horn <wahorn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> It’s a single database file.
>> 
>> C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\Garmin\BaseCamp
>> 
>> Ashley Horn
>> 
>>>> On May 31, 2020, at 8:44 AM, saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>> Had a major glitch of some sort with BC yesterday.  When I initiated it
>> in
>>> my normal process, it opened but MY COLLECTION was completely blank.
>>> Everything was gone.  I messed with it a bit but conceded that everything
>>> was gone.  Fortunately, I could use a backup.  Unfortunately, I do not
>>> backup files all that often.  So, lesson learned the hard way.....   Note
>>> To Self:  backup more often.
>>> 
>>> My question is, where does BC store info on my C-drive?  If I went into
>>> Windows Explorer, where could I find the folders and files that are
>> stored
>>> in MY COLLECTION in BC?  (When I do backup files, I know where they are.
>>> And I understand exactly what is there because I name the backup files.)
>>> But, if one were to open Windows Explorer, and start looking at the
>> outline
>>> of folders, where would you be able to see the default place that all of
>>> the BC files/folders are on the C-drive?  Just curious.
>>> 
>>> Thanks, Joe Y
>>> western PA
>>> 
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