In depth with Windows 11 Recall–and what Microsoft has (and hasn't) fixed

[prng2021]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/in-depth-with-windows-11-recall-and-what-microsoft-has-and-hasnt-fixed/

[rkagerer]

Recall's entire file structure is available for anyone to look at, stored away in the user’s AppData folder in a directory called CoreAIPlatform.00\UKP

Who comes up with these pathnames? Is there some kind of internal Microsoft award for Most Obscure File or Registry Structure?

[yndoendo → rkagerer]

Microsoft has always been bad at folder and path naming.

Visual Studio Project Location -> %USER%\source\repos instead of a short %USER%\Projects My Documents instead of Documents. My Pictures instead of Pictures.

%Windows%\SysWow64 -> storing 32bit DLLs %Windows%\System32 -> storing 64bit DLLs %Windows%\System -> storing 16bit DLLs

"Documents and Settings" instead of Home of Users.

"Program Files" instead of "Applications"

Their registry paths are even worse with setting names using double negatives.