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## Important Paths
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-Managed certificate logs are stored under `%ProgramData%\Certify\logs`.
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-Certificate assets are stored under `%ProgramData%\Certify\assets`.
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-General settings and service configuration are stored under `%ProgramData%\Certify`.
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-General settings and service configuration are stored under `%ProgramData%\Certify` (Windows) or `/usr/share/certify` (Linux), referred to as `<certify data>` below.
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-Managed certificate logs are stored under `%ProgramData%\Certify\logs` or `/usr/share/certify/logs`.
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-Certificate assets are stored under `%ProgramData%\Certify\assets` or `/usr/share/certify/assets`.
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You should normally restrict access to these locations to administrators and Local System.
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## Where Certificates Are Stored
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For normal Windows deployments, certificates are installed into the local machine certificate store under **My/Personal**.
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Certificate files created during renewals are stored under `%ProgramData%\Certify\assets`. The filenames change over time, so if another service depends on files directly, use a [deployment task](../deployment/tasks_intro.md) instead of pointing at a temporary asset path.
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Certificate files created during renewals are stored under `<certify data>\assets`. The filenames change over time, so if another service depends on files directly, use a [deployment task](../deployment/tasks_intro.md) instead of pointing at a temporary asset path.
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## PFX Passwords
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## Upgrades and Reinstalls
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- Settings are preserved across upgrades and reinstalls.
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- Uninstalling the app does not remove `%ProgramData%\Certify`.
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- Back up `%ProgramData%\Certify` as part of your normal server backup process.
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- Uninstalling the app does not remove `<certify data>`.
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- Back up `<certify data>` as part of your normal server backup process.
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If the installer reports a file-in-use warning, do not continue blindly. Close the UI, allow the service to stop, and retry. If an update was interrupted, re-run the installer.
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## Where to Store Custom Scripts
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Do not store custom scripts under `%ProgramFiles%\CertifyTheWeb` because application upgrades can remove or overwrite files in that location.
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Use a dedicated path such as `C:\Scripts` or `%ProgramData%\Certify\Scripts` instead.
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Use a dedicated path such as `C:\Scripts` or `<certify data>\scripts` instead.
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