+ Windows users are not expected to hand edit configuration files at all.
+ It is expected configuration options are changed with some sort of GUI
+ tool. For the most part all of Ardour's configuration is taken care of
+ by the GUI in preferences. However, there are devices that may need a
+ custom file and that would be in the users configuration directory.
+</p>
+<p>
+ Ardour asks the system for this directory and then appends
+ <code>Ardour*</code>
+ to the path where <code>*</code> is the major version number.
+ For example, <code>Ardour5</code> where the Ardour version is 5.6.
+ The official path would look like:
+ <code>%localappdata%\Ardour5\</code> Windows expands
+ <code>%localappdata%</code> to
+ a real path.
+</p>
+<p>
+ An example of a configuration path in Window (from xp) would be:
+ <code>C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\Application Data\Local Settings\Ardour5\</code>
+ The user in the path would be the user's account name.
+</p>
+<p class="note">
+ The above is only an example and may not even be true for all installations
+ of Windows XP.