MusicBee File Paths: Installed vs Portable

[karbock]

Summary of MB's file structure, for those who wish to:
* switch from the installed to the portable version;
* backup data;
* transfer their MB install to another computer.

See 'Access & remarks' below the table for extra details.

Nr.	Content	Files	Folder in Installed version	MB subfolder in Portable version
A	MAIN SETTINGS
A.1	Application settings	MusicBee3Settings.ini	%APPDATA%\MusicBee\	.\AppData
A.2	Saved application settings	*.ini	%APPDATA%\MusicBee\Saved Settings\Application	.\AppData\Saved Settings\Application
B	LIBRARY & TAGS
B.1	Library	MusicBeeLibrary*.*	%USERPROFILE%\Music\MusicBee	.\Library
B.2	Library filters	*.xautopf	%APPDATA%\MusicBee\Filters	.\AppData\Filters
B.3	Custom tags	CustomTagConfig.xml	%APPDATA%\MusicBee	.\AppData
B.4	Genre grouping	GenreMapping.xml	%APPDATA%\MusicBee	.\AppData
B.5	Tag hierarchy templates	*.txt	%APPDATA%\MusicBee\TagHierarchyTemplates	.\AppData\TagHierarchyTemplates
C	ARTIST PROFILES
C.1	Artist thumbs, for: - Album Artist - Artist - Composer - Original Artist	*.jpg	%USERPROFILE%\Music\MusicBee\Artist Pictures\Thumb	.\Library\Artist Pictures\Thumb
C.2	Artist thumbs, resized from C.1	*.png	%LOCALAPPDATA%\MusicBee\InternalCache\ArtistThumbs	.\AppData\InternalCache\ArtistThumbs
C.3	Artist profiles, - large pictures	*.dat *.tmp	%LOCALAPPDATA%\MusicBee\InternalCache\ArtistBackdrops	.\AppData\InternalCache\ArtistBackdrops
C.4	Artist profiles, - biographies	*.bio.dat	%LOCALAPPDATA%\MusicBee\InternalCache\ArtistData	.\AppData\InternalCache\ArtistData
C.5	Artist profiles, - similar artists	*.similar.dat	%LOCALAPPDATA%\MusicBee\InternalCache\ArtistData	.\AppData\InternalCache\ArtistData
D	ICONS
D.1	Genre icons Genre grouping icons Artist thumbs for: - Lyricist - Conductor Icons for other tags: - Language - Mood - Occasion - Custom/Virtual tags	*.png	%USERPROFILE%\Music\MusicBee\Artwork\Grouping Icons	.\Library\Artwork\Grouping Icons
D.2 D.3 D.4	Highlighting icons Toolbar icons Tab icons	*.ico *.png	%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MusicBee\Icons %APPDATA%\MusicBee\Icons	.\Icons
E	PLAYLISTS
E.1	Playlists	*.mbp *.xautopf	%USERPROFILE%\Music\MusicBee\Playlists	.\Library\Playlists
E.2	Current playlist	NowPlaying.mbp	%USERPROFILE%\Music\MusicBee	.\Library\
E.3	Current auto DJ playlist	AutoDj.xautopf	%APPDATA%\MusicBee\Recent Queries	.\AppData\Recent Queries
F	SKINS & LAYOUTS
F.1	Skins	*.xml *.xmlc	%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MusicBee\Skins %APPDATA%\MusicBee\Skins	.\Skins
F.2	Theater modes	*.xml	%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MusicBee\Plugins\TheaterMode.List %ProgramFiles(x86)%\MusicBee\Plugins\TheaterMode.Embeded %APPDATA%\MusicBee\Plugins\TheaterMode.List %APPDATA%\MusicBee\Plugins\TheaterMode.Embeded	.\Plugins\TheaterMode.List .\Plugins\TheaterMode.Embeded
F.3	Custom views	*.mbv	%APPDATA%\MusicBee\Saved Settings\Views	.\AppData\Saved Settings\Views
F.4	Custom panel arrangements (layouts)	*.layout *.tab-layout	%APPDATA%\MusicBee\Saved Settings\Layouts	.\AppData\Saved Settings\Layouts
G	PLUGINS & EQUALISER
G.1	Plugins	(various)	%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MusicBee\Plugins %APPDATA%\MusicBee\Plugins	.\Plugins
G.2	Visualisers	(various)	%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MusicBee\BBplugin %APPDATA%\MusicBee\BBplugin	.\BBplugin
G.3	Equaliser presets	*.sde	%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MusicBee\Equaliser %APPDATA%\MusicBee\Equaliser	.\Equaliser

Access and remarks:

Main settings
[A.1] Preferences = (MB menu) -> Edit -> Edit preferences
[A.2] (MB menu) -> Edit -> Saved settings

Library & tags
[B.1]
[B.2] Preferences -> Library -> Music library -> define filters
[B.3] Preferences -> Tags (1) -> custom tags
[B.4] Preferences -> Tags (2) -> tag handling -> group genres
[B.5] (Tag Hierarchy Explorer menu) -> Edit Tag Hierarchy

Artist profiles
[C.1] Music -> (Left panel) -> Artist / Album Artist / Composer / Original Artist
          + Music Explorer -> Artist Information -> Profile
[C.2] Generated by MusicBee from C.1
[C.3] Music Explorer -> Artist Information -> Profile
[C.4] Music Explorer -> Artist Information -> Profile
[C.5] Music Explorer -> Artist Information -> Similar Artists -> More Similar Artists

Icons
[D.1] Music -> Left panel -> Genre / Genre Category
          + See also: Preferences -> Tags (2) -> tag handling -> group genres
[D.2] Preferences -> Tags (2) -> tag handling -> highlighting
[D.3]
[D.4] Tab contextual menu -> Select Tab Icon...

Playlists
[E.1] Playlistst (Add tab -> Playlists:Playlist Explorer)
[E.2] Now Playing (Add tab -> Now Playing)
[E.3] Auto DJ (Add tab -> Playlists:Auto DJ)

Skins & layouts
[F.1] (MB menu) -> View -> Skins
[F.2] (MB menu) -> View -> Theater Mode
[F.3] (Main panel menu) -> Custom views
[F.4] (MB menu) -> View -> Import/Export

Plugins & equaliser
[G.1] Preferences -> Plugins
[G.2] (MB menu) -> View -> Visualizer
[G.3] Equalizer button (player controls)

[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:
...

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:
...

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

[karbock]

Added entries:

* Artist profiles -> large pictures
* Artist profiles -> biographies
* Artist profiles -> similar artists
* Visualizers

Improvements:

* numbering
* access & remarks

[karbock]

Minor changes:

* %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming -> %APPDATA%
* %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local -> %LOCALAPPDATA%

[karbock]

Added:

D.4 - Tab icons (feature available from v3.5.8334)

[karbock]

Added:

* More details in C.1 + D.1