Where Does SharpCap Save Captures and Profiles?
SharpCap saves captures to SharpCap Captures on the desktop by default, with per-capture settings beside each file. Profile paths vary by era.
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SharpCap is generous with captures and coy with settings. Footage defaults to a Captures folder on the desktop with per-shot settings text beside each file. That half is documented and dependable.
Profiles are the qualified half. Era-old manuals name a Roaming path that modern docs never re-confirm, covering dialogs instead of files. Captures win the certainty contest here. A stray registry remnant survives only as uninstall cleanup lore.
Where SharpCap stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\SharpCap Captures
Default footage home with date and target subfolders when enabled, plus per-capture settings text beside each file. Resets here when custom folders fail. Configurable under File Settings Filenames.
%APPDATA%\SharpCap\CaptureProfiles
Era-old capture profiles path from legacy manuals without modern re-verification. Current docs prefer dialog export and import. Quote with the era caveat and lean on per-capture settings files.
Frequently asked questions
Where are my SharpCap captures?
Look in Desktop\SharpCap Captures with date or target subfolders when enabled. The default resets there whenever the chosen folder goes missing, full or read-only. Change it under File Settings Filenames rather than moving folders by hand.
How do I reproduce an old SharpCap shot?
Find the CameraSettings text file written beside each capture when the option stays on, plus a hidden autosave profile. Those travel with the footage and beat any global profile for reproducing a shot. Global profile paths differ across doc eras and stay qualified.
Where is the SharpCap profiles folder?
The old manuals show a Roaming CaptureProfiles path from another Windows era with no modern re-verification. Current docs cover settings dialogs with export, import and reset instead of files. Quote captures confidently and profiles carefully.
Notice an outdated path? Let us know.