# Designer Folder Structure

This topic describes in detail the folders that are of importance from the point of view of working with Designer:

| Folder/Location (default) | Description
--- | --- | ---
1. | C:\Program Files\Cognex\Designer\<version> | Contains the application executable and related files. Only user-configurable file is NLog.config
1.1 | C:\Program Files\Cognex\Designer\<version>\Docs | Contains documentation and licenses.
1.2 | C:\Program Files\Cognex\Designer\<version>\Sources | Contains open sources.
2 | C:\Users\<user_name>\Documents\Cognex Designer | This folder contains user-created content.
2.1 | C:\Users\<user_name>\Documents\Cognex Designer\Projects | Contains the projects, created by the user.
2.1.1 | C:\Users\<user_name>\Documents\Cognex Designer\Projects\<Project_Name> | Contains the specific files belonging to a specific project.
2.1.1.1 | C:\Users\<user_name>\Documents\Cognex Designer\Projects\<Project_Name>\Data | Contains the database files like runtime.db3 and other SQLite databases, user data, audit and/or user management.
2.1.2 | C:\Users\<user_name>\Documents\Cognex Designer\Projects\<Project_Name>\Images | Contains the image files for a specific project.
2.1.3 | C:\Users\<user_name>\Documents\Cognex Designer\Projects\<Project_Name>\Recipes | Contains the recipes for a specific project.
2.1.4 | C:\Users\<user_name>\Documents\Cognex Designer\Projects\<Project_Name>\Recipes\<recipe_name> | Contains the recipe files for a specific recipe.
2.2 | C:\Program Files\Cognex\Designer\<version>\Samples | This folder contains sample applications for Designer.
3. | C:\ProgramData\Cognex\Designer\Plugins | Contains the plugins added/created by the user. For more information on internal folder structure and best practices, see Working with Plugins.
4. | C:\Runtime\ | Default folder for runtime applications.
5. | C:\Users\<user_name>\Documents\Cognex Designer\Logs | Default folder for Designer logs.
6. | C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Local\Cognex\ProjectData | Contains the configuration files for all projects separately.
7. | C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Cognex Corporation\Cognex Designer\<version>\Preferences | Preferences for layouts of tabs, etc.
8. | <MyDocuments>\Cognex Designer\Templates | Default folder for the exported templates.