diff between "AppData" and "Local AppData"

[my2001]

There are two user shell folders dealing with application data:

1.) AppData

2.) Local AppData

What's the difference? Which applications will store their data where and why?

[Denney]

I don't know where you're getting "Local AppData" from but "AppData" is set to the following folder:

%userprofile%\Application Data, in other words,

C:\Documents And Settings\Your Username\Application Data

Any newer application should put any user specific application data into that folder rather than in the programs main directory.

[Shaidallar]

Theoretically, the difference between the two is that, as Application Data can be redirected through Group Policies to a network location, Local Application Data has been created so software developers can use an alternate folder to store bigger files

[my2001]

Ah, ic! So both folders could be used by any application in any case, only depends on the developer of the software, right?

question #1: if I want to move the appdata folder(s) to another partition should I move both of them?!?

question #2: would it be problematic to let both registry entries point at the same folder?