Session file location?

[patricktokeeffe]

According to these upstream docs session files are created inside the same directory as the executable. Discussion in these issues (#49, #112, #127) support that claim.

My executable lives at C:\Program Files\putty_0.67-t029.exe and it correctly stores sessions to files..

..but it does not create a session file (or any files) in the same directory as my executable.

Clearly, it's saving the session file somewhere. Where is it?

[incognico]

It will create a folder "sessions" in the same folder as the exe. As you have putty in a Windows permission restricted folder (C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86)) it is just not able to write there.

[patricktokeeffe]

Will it use a temporary location if the current directory isn't writeable?

Even though my .exe in C:\Program Files\ I'm able to save and load sessions from file.. I just can't find the session file itself.

[joshpj]

Check C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\...

The behavior you're seeing is probably a result of Windows's UAC filesystem virtualization (see https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2007.06.uac.aspx).