Where are Google Gears files stored?

Windows Vista - Internet Explorer

Location: {FOLDERID_LocalAppDataLow}\Google\Google Gears for Internet Explorer
Example: C:\Users\Bob\AppData\LocalLow\Google\Google Gears for Internet Explorer

Windows Vista - Firefox - Files are stored in the user local profile directory.

Location: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{profile}.default\Google Gears for Firefox
Example: C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\uelib44s.default\Google Gears for Firefox

Windows XP - Internet Explorer - Files are stored in the user local profile directory.

Location: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Google Gears for Internet Explorer
Example: C:\Documents and Settings\Bob\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Google Gears for Internet Explorer

Windows XP - Firefox - Files are stored in the user local profile directory.

Location: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{profile}\Google Gears for Firefox
Example: C:\Documents and Settings\Bob\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\uelib44s.default\Google Gears for Firefox

Mac OS/X - Firefox - Files are stored in the user local profile directory.

Location: Users/<username>/Library/Caches/Firefox/Profiles/{profile}.default/Google Gears for Firefox
Example: Users/Bob/Library/Caches/Firefox/Profiles/08ywpi3q.default/Google Gears for Firefox

Linux - Firefox - Files are stored in the user home directory.

Location: ~bob/.mozilla/firefox/<firefox's profile id>/Google Gears for Firefox
Example: ~bob/.mozilla/firefox/08ywpi3q.default/Google Gears for Firefox

Microsoft Windows Mobile - Internet Explorer - Files are stored in the Application Data directory.

Location: \Application Data\Google\Google Gears for Internet Explorer

What do the files do?

localserver.db - This is a SQLite database that keeps track of all files that are stored in the LocalServer across all domains. This file is used in the internals of the Gears code, and cannot be accessed from within a Gears program.

permissions.db - This is a SQLite database that keeps track of all domains that have been allowed to use Gears.

<domain>/http_80/<filename>#database - This is a SQLite database file that has been created by an application on <domain>

<domain>/http_80/<filename>#localserver - This is a folder that contains files cached by either type of LocalServer store, a ResourceStore or a ManagedResourceStore, created by <domain>

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