Suran's documentation can use environment variables to reference specific locations on the hard drive. This document will explain common environment variables and how to access them.
LOCALAPPDATA
You may see a reference to a path containing %LOCALAPPDATA%. This references a standard Windows folder called local application data. Our documentation uses this syntax because the path varies based on the current Windows user's username.
For example, the local application data for a user account named mary is C:\Users\mary\appdata\local . But for a user named office, the path would be C:\Users\office\appdata\local.
Using the %LOCALAPPDATA% environment variable allows our documentation to be accurate even with varying user names.
PROGRAMFILES
Another environment variable you'll see in Suran's documentation is %PROGRAMFILES%. This usually refers to C:\Program Files but could vary based on the Window boot drive. However, this is an extremely rate configuration.
Accessing folders via environment variable
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Click the Windows start button or press the Windows key
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Type in the environment variable, i.e.
%LOCALAPPDATA%(exactly as written, case-sensitive, no spaces) -
Press Enter
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The user's local application data folder will open in Windows Explorer.