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Where does Postman install to?

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00:00 Where Does Postman Install To?
00:30 Accepted Answer Score 20
01:21 Answer 2 Score 1
01:37 Answer 3 Score 1
02:31 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

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On Windows, Postman installs to C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Postman.

  • As a shortcut, you can enter %LocalAppData%\Postman.
  • The main Postman executable is stored in a subfolder \app-5.x.x
    • (Replace x with app version)

There are two likely reasons why Postman installs to %AppData%

  • The %AppData% folder is per-user, allowing installation without administrator rights
  • Postman seems to use the Squirrel Installer, which doesn't allow custom install directories
    • (Noted by the presence of \Postman\app-5.x.x\SquirrelSetup.log)

Thanks to LPChip for suggesting %AppData% as a possible install location.




ANSWER 2

Score 1


The Postman native application is installed by default in %LocalAppData%\Postman. The reason for using this location might be that administrator privileges are not required to access this folder.




ANSWER 3

Score 1


The following is an addition to the couple of excellent answers found in this post as it helped me and i would be happy if it helped someone.

Objective:
If you are like me and you are looking to launch Postman from the Run command prompt(Windows + R keys), read on.


One of the places that the Run command prompt will pick up commands is from the Path environment variable. So i modified the Path environment variable and added: C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Postman

Now i can Windows + R, enter Postman in the prompt et voila!

Note: If another location opens up, like for me C:\Users\<Username>\Postman\files

Delete that location, if you are not using it.

Bonus: To find out more about how & where the Run command prompt is resolving its command, you may want to read this excellent post

Cheers