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Location of important folders in Windows 7

I often find myself trying to remember where Windows 7 stores my important stuff. Here are a few important locations, and I'll probably continue to add more to this article as I find 'em.

Note: I'm pretty sure most of these are the same in Vista, but I can't personally vouch for that.
Note 2: Most of these require you to turn on viewing of hidden folders
Note 3: I am assuming the "C:" drive is your system drive; if not, replace it with the correct drive.

Location of Outlook data file(s):
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

Location of iTunes backup of iPhone:
C:\users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup

(Note: there will be a cryptic folder name for each backup made. For example, "df774585e699dff29cf10cf495a1fe81540495e6")

Location of Windows 7 user-installed themes:
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes

You can find some of the "hidden" Windows 7 themes here (more info here):
C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT

Windows 7 temp file directory:
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Temp

And of course, don't forget about the most uber folder of all — God Mode.

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