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	* ''Extension'' subfolder of WinSCP installation folder. This is where WinSCP installer installs the official WinSCP extensions (see above).		* ''Extension'' subfolder of WinSCP installation folder. This is where WinSCP installer installs the official WinSCP extensions (see above).
	* ''WinSCP.exe'' executable folder. This is handy for a [[portable\|portable use]] of WinSCP. Just put your extensions to the same folder (USB drive) as the [[executable\|WinSCP executables]].		* ''WinSCP.exe'' executable folder. This is handy for a [[portable\|portable use]] of WinSCP. Just put your extensions to the same folder (USB drive) as the [[executable\|WinSCP executables]].
-	* ''Extensions'' subfolder of WinSCP application data folder. I.e. ''%APPDATA%\WinSCP\Extensions'', typically ''C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\WinSCP\Extensions''. &winpath This is where WinSCP stores the user-installed extensions.	+	* ''Extensions'' subfolder of WinSCP application data folder. I.e. ''%APPDATA%\WinSCP\Extensions'', typically ''C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\WinSCP\Extensions''. &winpath This is where WinSCP [[ui_pref_commands#extensions\|stores the user-installed extensions]].

-	The extensions must have a file extension ''.WinSCPextension'', optionally followed by an actual file type extension, e.g. ''.WinSCPextension.ps1''. WinSCP automatically renames the user-installed extension files to match this requirement.	+	The extensions must have a file extension ''.WinSCPextension'', optionally followed by an actual file type extension, e.g. ''.WinSCPextension.ps1''. WinSCP automatically renames the [[ui_pref_commands#extensionsuser-installed extension files]] to match this requirement.

	Files with other file extensions in the extension locations are ignored, as well as files that have invalid extension metadata.		Files with other file extensions in the extension locations are ignored, as well as files that have invalid extension metadata.