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I didn't notice until I looked for Chrome that all my recently installed programs are being installed within %LocalAppData%, which is temporarily hidden by default, and when I tried to install a program and pick the browse folder, I couldn't choose %ProgramFiles% to install my program within. I want to change this thing for the sake of the system's regulations.

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    This depends, among other things, on the installer of the programs you are using. You may want to read superuser.com/questions/1445143/…
    – help-info.de
    Commented Jan 24 at 11:05
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    Chrome has been installed to AppData for nearly a decade. Why couldn’t you install these unnamed application to Program Files? Are you not an Administrator? I see you’re running Windows 7. That likely is connected to this behavior.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Jan 24 at 11:52
  • Browsers have per user profiles, so they're installed to %LocalAppData% - per user applications are almost always installed within %LocalAppData% or %AppData%; this is expected behavior, as there are five program installation directories, each with their own purpose: %ProgramFiles%, %ProgramFiles(x86)%, %ProgramData%, %LocalAppData%, and %AppData%. What program is being installed and is its installer an .msi or .exe, and if executing the installer from a terminal with /?, -?, or -h, is any output returned (would allow specifying install directory via cli)?
    – JW0914
    Commented Jan 24 at 13:27
  • @JW0914 applications can install to Program Files and still have per-user profiles where configuration and data files are stored in %LocalAppData% but the application executables are stored in Program Files. Applications installed to %LocalAddData% entirely are not only "per user profiles" but will also not be installed for other users on that computer. Some applications allow choosing a single user or all users install option, sometimes this is regardless whether they are run as administrator or not.
    – music2myear
    Commented Jan 24 at 19:18

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