Where is the Chocolatey installation path?

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I am looking to find out the current Chocolatey installation path using PowerShell.

just do `$env:ChocolateyInstall` – shabunc Nov 09 '20 at 16:11 — shabunc, Nov 09 '20 at 16:11

score 60 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 15 '19 at 17:28

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There is an environment variable set on installation, ChocolateyInstall, which is set to C:\Chocolatey by default in versions of Chocolatey less than 0.9.8.27. After that, this defaults to C:\ProgramData\Chocolatey.

NOTE: By default, the C:\ProgramData folder on Windows is hidden. You will either need to enable hidden files and folders through Folder Options | View or you can navigate directly to the path shown above by copy/pasting directly into the Windows Explorer address bar.

In version 0.9.9 of Chocolatey, it actively moves from the old folder location to the new one.

You can also pre-emptively create this environment variable before installing Chocolatey to control where it gets installed if required.

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Peter Mortensen

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answered Jan 30 '15 at 15:41

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@TechZilla have you enabled hidden folders? ProgramData is hidden by default, so you can either enable that through View options in Windows Explorer, or you can take the path that I have shown above and paste it directly into the Windows Explorer address bar and hit enter. – Gary Ewan Park Aug 15 '16 at 18:45
Yes, even on Windows Server 2008 there is the folder `C:\ProgramData` (hidden). – Peter Mortensen Jan 15 '19 at 17:30

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 19 '18 at 22:01

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When you install Chocolatey they add the Chocolatey /bin path to your path variable.

In PowerShell:

$env:Path

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Where is the Chocolatey installation path?

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