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Not all files/directories might be available, depending on your setup
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Not all files/folders might be available, depending on your setup
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## Linux
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### Finding the root folder
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The easiest way to see the root folder is to click `Folders` > `View Instance Folder`. Then go to the parent folder.
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MultiMC stores files in the same location as the MultiMC application.
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- On Windows this folder should be wherever you extracted the MultiMC zip file.
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- On Linux and OS X the default install location is `~/.config/local/multimc`
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## Folder structure
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<MultiMC root>
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# Explanation
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| File/Directory| Description |
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| File/Folder| Description |
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| accounts.json | All your accounts are saved here. No passwords are saved here, though the different tokens could be used to play Minecraft as you, so be careful |
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| assets/indexes/ | The files here contain information about the assets for different versions of the game, like which asset ID belongs to which asset. |
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| instances/\<instance\>/instance.cfg | This file keeps all the instance settings, such as memory options, as well as it's name etc. |
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| instances/\<instance\>/version.json | 1.6+ ONLY: This file contains all the information needed to launch a vanilla instance, like libraries needed etc. |
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| instances/\<instance\>/custom.json | 1.6+ ONLY, **DEPRECATED**: Like version.json, but for usage in modded scenarios. Can be used for completely overriding version.json, but it's recommended to use [patches](JSON Patches) instead |
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| instances/\<instance\>/minecraft/ | This is the "normal" Minecraft directory, which contains, saves/, mods/ etc. |
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| instances/\<instance\>/instMods/ | Pre-1.6 ONLY: The directory containing jarmods |
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| instances/\<instance\>/minecraft/ | This is the "normal" Minecraft folder, which contains, saves/, mods/ etc. |
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| instances/\<instance\>/instMods/ | Pre-1.6 ONLY: The folder containing jarmods |
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| jars/ | Since MultiMC isn't a Java program we use a few different Java applications for things like launching the game. Those are stored here. |
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| libraries/ | This contains all of Minecrafts dependencies, see below for more info |
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| metacache | This file contains information about most downloaded files and is used for keeping track of them and making sure they are always up-to-date |
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