Where Does Windows 10 Store File History?
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Instead it is stored on the original system, in the user’s AppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsFileHistoryConfiguration folder, in a database files called Catalog1. edb . Alongside this is an XML files called Config1.

Where is the history folder in Windows 10?

Open any folder by double-clicking its name. Click the Home tab on the Ribbon atop your folder; then click the History button. Clicking the History button, shown here, fetches the File History program, shown in the following figure. The program looks much like a plain old folder.

Where is File History stored?

By default, File History will be set to back up back up important folders in your user account’s home folder. This includes the Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos folders. It also includes the Roaming folder where many programs store application data, your OneDrive folder, and other folders.

Sarah Jenkins

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