> I wouldn't put stuff in to `%HOME%\.config` on Windows
Haha, and yet so many (usually Linux-first) applications do. Here's `gci $env:USERPROFILE -Force` on my computer:
d---- 3/6/2022 04:39 .android
d---- 6/9/2024 18:14 .cache
d---- 31/7/2025 11:10 .claude
d---- 16/8/2024 01:38 .config
d---- 2/3/2022 07:25 .dlv
d---- 7/8/2025 18:20 .dotnet
d---- 19/7/2022 07:15 .eclipse
d---- 1/4/2022 16:29 .fop
d---- 12/10/2024 23:49 .get_iplayer
d---- 26/8/2025 01:07 .gk
d---- 26/8/2025 01:07 .gnupg
d---- 31/12/2022 15:12 .gradle
d---- 30/3/2025 15:10 .ipython
d---- 22/10/2021 07:59 .librarymanager
d---- 9/6/2025 17:53 .local
d---- 26/11/2024 12:58 .lucid
d---- 31/12/2022 15:14 .m2
d---- 3/11/2022 06:14 .matplotlib
d---- 9/10/2024 20:24 .minio
d---- 20/4/2023 13:16 .ms-ad
d---- 4/5/2023 10:48 .nuget
d---- 7/9/2024 02:05 .ollama
d---- 2/9/2021 15:14 .omnisharp
d---- 15/7/2022 06:10 .platformio
d---- 18/6/2024 19:10 .redhat
d---- 7/11/2023 12:49 .runelite
d---- 2/7/2024 11:17 .sonarlint
d---- 10/7/2025 04:42 .ssh
d---- 27/12/2021 14:46 .templateengine
d---- 9/2/2023 11:35 .thumbnails
d---- 10/6/2023 09:15 .vscode
d---- 3/4/2023 11:30 Calibre Library
d---- 12/8/2022 18:56 dotTraceSnapshots
d---- 22/8/2025 22:51 hdos
d---- 9/11/2022 02:27 Heaven
d---- 6/11/2023 17:29 jagexcache
d---- 9/6/2025 17:53 pipx
d---- 1/6/2023 07:52 RenPy
d---- 1/9/2024 13:16 source
d---- 22/8/2021 02:15 Tracing
d---- 26/11/2024 16:31 Zotero
-a--- 9/2/2023 04:13 53 .git-for-windows-updater
-a--- 26/8/2025 00:45 1170 .gitconfig
-a--- 16/8/2023 08:07 2413 .kdiff3rc
-a--- 26/8/2025 00:59 20 .lesshst
-a--- 6/9/2024 18:15 27 .node_repl_history
-a--- 6/11/2023 17:29 90 jagex_cl_oldschool_LIVE.dat
-a--- 22/8/2025 23:49 74 jagex_runescape_preferences.dat
-a--- 22/8/2025 22:51 24 random.dat
-a--- 6/11/2023 17:29 24 random2.dat
-a--- 20/4/2023 13:50 0 Sti_Trace.log
-a--- 22/8/2025 23:49 1 tfa.dat
[1]: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/win32/blob/27277910169f4e1b...