Windows user folder breakdown
win 11¶
native¶
- links
The Links folder is used to place the shortcuts which are pinned to Favorites in any previous version of Windows.
In Windows 10, Favorites were replaced as Quick Access, but Quick Access is designed in a different way from Favorites. - appdata
- contacts
- mainly a legacy folder
- downloads
- oneDrive
- searches
- videos
other¶
- .ssh
- .cache
- pre-commit