SAPGUI for Windows – SAPWORKDIR Directories

This article is based on SAP Note 1442303 – SAP GUI for Windows – replacement of SAPWORKDIR.

Configuration files and other persistent files of SAP GUI are located in the directory %APPDATA%\SAP…

  • SAP Logon configuration files (SAPUILandscape.xml, saplogon.ini, sapshcut.ini, SAPLogonTree.xml, saprules.xml)
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\SAP\Common
  • Input History database (value can be change)
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\SAP\SAP GUI\History
  • New ABAP Editor Configuration
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\SAP\SAP GUI\ABAP Editor
  • SAP GUI Scripts
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\SAP\SAP GUI\Scripts
  • LocalTabOrder (available as of SAP GUI for Windows 7.30)
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\SAP\LocalTabOrder
  • Floating Docking Containers (available as of SAP GUI for Windows 7.30)
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\SAP\Docking
  • Files downloaded by the user (value can be change)
C:\Users\[username]\Documents\SAP\SAP GUI

Temporary files, traces, cache, etc. are stored in the local Application Data directory (%localappdata%):

  • Temporary documents
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\SAP\SAP GUI\tmp

Remark: Documents in the temporary directory will be deleted when SAP GUI is closed.

  • Cache
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\SAP\SAP GUI\Cache
  • Traces
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\SAP\SAP GUI\Traces

Files downloaded by the user:

C:\Users\[username]\Documents\SAP\SAP GUI

Remark: The download directory can be change to another value.

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