IAEST Solutions applications that store data on your PC will do so in one of the following locations:
- Remote Database.
- Local Database.
- Isolated Storage.
- Application Data Folder.
If your application only stores data in a
Remote Database, then it will be located on a server. The actual location will be determined by the server configuration.
For applications that store data in a
Local Database, the database will be located at the location specified by your locale database manager software (i.e., SQL Express).
Isolated Storage is used to store limited information for
Partial Trust web-based applications. Isolated Storage provides a secure "sandbox" in which an application can store limited amounts of information without the potential of impacting the rest of the files/folders on the PC. For more information regarding the actual location and size of Isolated Storage, please search Microsoft MSDN or other sites.
All other data will be stored in the
Application Data Folder. This folder's location is based upon the name of the company, the name of the product, the drive where the user data is stored and the version of Windows that is running on your PC.
In the following example, the company name is "
IAEST", the product name is "
Product1", the drive is "
C:" and whethere it is installed for a single user or for all users (most applications will be installed for "
All Users").
For our example. under Windows
XP the data folder will be located at:
C:\IDocuments and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IAEST\Product1
whereas for Windows
Vista it would be located at:
C:\ProgramDara\IAEST\Product1
If you are using
Windows Explorer to locate the folder, please keep in mind that unless the settings in Windows Explorer for
Folder Options +
View +
Hidden Files and Folders +
Show Hidden Files and Folders is set that the data folder may not be visible.
Please check the Customer Support link for your application if you do not know what type of data is stored locally by the application.