Installation Directories

Windows-specific

Windows supports installing applications for all users in %PROGRAMFILES% or per user in %LOCALAPPDATA%. By default, Electron applications (like ours) are stored in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Wire (holds .exe file, *.dll files, etc.) and user data generated from Electron apps are stored in %APPDATA%\Wire (holds configuration file, log files, IndexedDB records, etc.).

Chrome directory

Windows

• Production:

  %APPDATA%\Wire
  

• Internal:

  %APPDATA%\WireInternal
  

macOS

• Production:

  ~/Library/Containers/com.wearezeta.zclient.mac/Data/Library/Application Support/Wire/
  

• Internal:

  ~/Library/Application Support/WireInternal/
  

EXE files

• Production:

  %LOCALAPPDATA%\wire\app-<version>\Wire.exe
  

• Internal:

  %LOCALAPPDATA%\wireinternal\app-<version>\Wire.exe
  

Logfiles

Windows

• Production:

  %APPDATA%\Wire\logs\
  

• Internal:

  %APPDATA%\WireInternal\logs\
  

Windows Error logs

When the whole app crashed, it obviously can not write errors into log files, but Windows itself is tracking the crash. On Windows 7 you see a dialog, but on Windows 8.1 and 10 you need to check the computer management console for the error. Do the following steps:

1. Try "compmgmt.msc" in the search box of Windows task bar to open the Computer Management
2. Go to System Tools > Event Viewer > Windows Logs
3. Open Application item (it will take some time because it is collecting the logs)
4. You can search for "Errors" or you can clean the log and make the app crash again

macOS

• Production:

  ~/Library/Containers/com.wearezeta.zclient.mac/Data/Library/Application Support/Wire/logs/
  

• Internal:

  ~/Library/Application Support/WireInternal/logs/
  

Linux

• Production:

  ~/.config/Wire/logs/
  

• Internal:

  ~/.config/WireInternal/logs/
  

App Settings

Settings for the size of the Wire app window and its position on the screen are stored in:

Windows

• Production:

  %APPDATA%\Wire\config\
  

• Internal:

  %APPDATA%\WireInternal\config\
  

macOS

• Production:

  ~/Library/Containers/com.wearezeta.zclient.mac/Data/Library/Application Support/Wire/config/
  

• Internal:

  ~/Library/Application Support/WireInternal/config/
  

Linux

• Production:

  ~/.config/Wire/config/
  

• Internal:

  ~/.config/WireInternal/config/
  

Chrome Cache

Wire for Web saves app cache on Windows in %APPDATA%\Wire\Cache. It can be viewed with a tool like ChromeCacheView.