Is AppData now the 'correct' place to install user-specific apps (which modify their own data)?

Question

I\'m probably just being very thick here, but it\'s not clear to me where I\'m supposed to install \'new\' user-specific programs on Windows 7 (and presumably Vista too,

Answer 1

It's 2019, and I just installed Visual Studio Code (a Microsoft product) in the default folder of

%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code

This is probably for getting around the requirement to have an administrator or UAC prompt authorise the installation