MusicBee File Paths: Installed vs Portable

[karbock]

For those who wish to switch from the installed to the portable version,
this is a table comparing the subfolders used.

Content	Files	Folder in Installed version	MB subfolder in Portable version
Application settings [*1]	MusicBee3Settings.ini	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\	.\AppData
Saved application settings [*2]	*.ini	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\Saved Settings\Application	.\AppData\Saved Settings\Application
Library	MusicBeeLibrary*.*	%USERPROFILE%\Music\MusicBee	.\Library
Library filters [*3]	*.xautopf	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\Filters	.\AppData\Filters
Custom tags [*4]	CustomTagConfig.xml	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee	.\AppData
Genre grouping [*5]	GenreMapping.xml	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee	.\AppData
Tag hierarchy templates [*6]	*.txt	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\TagHierarchyTemplates	.\AppData\TagHierarchyTemplates
Artist artwork, original	*.jpg	%USERPROFILE%\Music\MusicBee\Artist Pictures\Thumb	.\Library\Artist Pictures\Thumb
Artist artwork, thumbs	*.png	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\MusicBee\InternalCache\ArtistThumbs	.\AppData\InternalCache\ArtistThumbs
Genre icons Genre grouping icons	*.png	%USERPROFILE%\Music\MusicBee\Artwork\Grouping Icons	.\Library\Artwork\Grouping Icons
Highlighting icons [*7]	*.ico	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\Icons	.\Icons
Toolbar icons	*.png	%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MusicBee\Icons	.\Icons
Playlists	*.mbp *.xautopf	%USERPROFILE%\Music\MusicBee\Playlists	.\Library\Playlists
Current playlist	NowPlaying.mbp	%USERPROFILE%\Music\MusicBee	.\Library\
Current auto DJ playlist	AutoDj.xautopf	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\Recent Queries	.\AppData\Recent Queries
Skins	*.xml *.xmlc	%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MusicBee\Skins %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\Skins	.\Skins
Theater modes	*.xml	%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MusicBee\Plugins\TheaterMode.List %ProgramFiles(x86)%\MusicBee\Plugins\TheaterMode.Embeded %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\Plugins\TheaterMode.List %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\Plugins\TheaterMode.Embeded	.\Plugins\TheaterMode.List .\Plugins\TheaterMode.Embeded
Custom views [*8]	*.mbv	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\Saved Settings\Views	.\AppData\Saved Settings\Views
Custom panel arrangements (layouts) [*9]	*.layout *.tab-layout	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\Saved Settings\Layouts	.\AppData\Saved Settings\Layouts
Plugins	(various)	%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MusicBee\Plugins %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\Plugins	.\Plugins
Equaliser presets	*.sde	%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MusicBee\Equaliser %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\Equaliser	.\Equaliser

Notes:
[*1] See Preferences = (MB menu) -> Edit -> Edit preferences
[*2] See (MB menu) -> Edit -> Saved settings
[*3] See Preferences -> Library -> Music library -> define filters
[*4] See Preferences -> Tags (1) -> custom tags
[*5] See Preferences -> Tags (2) -> tag handling -> group genres
[*6] See (Tag Hierarchy Explorer menu) -> Edit Tag Hierarchy
[*7] See Preferences -> Tags (2) -> tag handling -> highlighting
[*8] See (Main panel menu) -> Custom views
[*9] See (MB menu) -> View -> Import/Export

[frankz]

Excellent. 

[The Incredible Boom Boom]

This is outstanding

[psychoadept]

Awesome work

[Mr. Trev]

Fantastic bit of info
Considering the amout of questions regarding backup and new installs, I totally think this should be pinned somewhere…

[phred]

I totally think this should be pinned somewhere…

I plan on doing that but I've asked the OP to make a few changes for legibility.

[hiccup]

I'm not sure these are in the purview of your table, but in case that they are you may want to add them:

Custom tags - CustomTagConfig.xml - \AppData
Equalizer presets - .sde - \Equaliser
Library filters - .xautopf - \AppData\Filters
Genre grouping - GenreMapping.xml - \AppData
Program settings - MusicBee3Settings.ini - \AppData

Saved application settings - .ini - \AppData\Saved Settings\Application
Saved layouts - .tab-layout - \AppData\Saved Settings\Layouts
Saved views - .mbv - \AppData\Saved Settings\Views
Toolbar icons - .png - \Icons

Those are their locations in a portable install. I don't know where they are in the installed version.

[karbock]

I'm not sure these are in the purview of your table, but in case that they are you may want to add them:
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Thanks! I've just updated the table.

[hiccup]

Great.
Two nitpicking nitpicks:
- Skins are named Themes in your table. That's not wrong, but Skins is the term that is used pretty much everywhere, both in MB and on the forum.
- The table has .xmlc as a possible extension for Theater modes. I am pretty sure TMs are always .xml

[karbock]

Great.
Two nitpicking nitpicks:
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I agree with you.
As for .XMLC as possible extension for TMs: I don't find any occurrence either.