Managing app data (HTML)

[ This article is for Windows 8.x and Windows Phone 8.x developers writing Windows Runtime apps. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation ]

Learn how to store and retrieve app data.

In this section

Topic Description

Quickstart: Local app data

Learn about storing and retrieving settings and files from the local app data store.

Quickstart: Roaming app data

Learn about storing and retrieving settings and files from the roaming app data store.

Quickstart: Temporary app data

Learn about storing and retrieving files from the temporary app data store.

How to index app local data

You can index the local stored data for your app via the Windows Search Service (WSS).

How to perform rich queries on app local data

Learn how an app can use the file APIs in the Windows.Storage namespace to perform rich queries against files in the app’s local stored data.

 

Accessing data and files

Accessing app data with the Windows Runtime

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