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*~/.arduino15/preferences.txt*::

*~/AppData/Local/Arduino15/preferences.txt* (Windows)::
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the correct path in windows is %APPDATA%/Local/Arduino15/preferences.txt, any other way to express it is not compliant (although it's used by git shell or cygwin or similar)

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There is also %LOCALAPPDATA%/Arduino15/preferences.txt

*~/.arduino15/preferences.txt* (Mac OS X and Linux)::
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On osx the path is $HOME/Library/Arduino15/preferences.txt, just checked. The Linux one is ok but I'd replace ~ with $HOME

This file stores the preferences used for the IDE, building and
uploading sketches.

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