Pathjump and your privacy

This page sums up what Pathjump does with your data. The Hedgerow privacy policy covers every app, the website and purchases in full.

What stays on your PC

Settings and data live in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Hedgerow\Pathjump on your PC.
Your favorites, settings and excluded apps.
Your recent folders, with the program name of the app that used each one last, and the last folder each app saved to.
A trial start date in the registry under your user account.
A Start with Windows entry under your user account, when that setting is on (Direct edition).

When Pathjump goes online

License activation (Direct edition): when you enter a key, Pathjump sends the key, your PC’s name, the app’s name and an anonymous device ID to our license server. About once a week it checks the license again, sending the key and the activation’s ID.
Update checks (Direct edition): only when you choose Check for updates. The request includes the app’s name and version, nothing else.
Crash reports: off unless you turn them on. If Pathjump crashes, it saves a report on your PC; with reports turned on it also sends that report, with file paths removed, to crash.hedgerowapps.com.

Good to know

To find Open and Save dialogs, Pathjump watches for new windows in other apps. It reads a dialog's current folder and the app's program name, and nothing else. It never adds code to other apps.
It reads Windows' own list of recently used dialog folders (without changing it) and the folders open in File Explorer.
For search, it builds a list of folder names in your own folders and favorites on local drives. The list is kept in memory, not saved, and network drives are never scanned.
Crash reports, when turned on, have file and folder paths removed before they are sent.

There are no ads, and no analytics or usage tracking.

Microsoft Store edition

The Store edition doesn’t contact our license server or check for updates itself: Microsoft handles the purchase, the license and updates, under Microsoft’s privacy statement.