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# NSFileProviderKnownFolderLocations

A class for working with known-folder locations.

```
class NSFileProviderKnownFolderLocations
```

## Topics

### Identifying known-folder locations

[`desktopLocation`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderKnownFolderLocations/desktopLocation)

[`documentsLocation`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderKnownFolderLocations/documentsLocation)

[`NSFileProviderKnownFolderLocations.Location`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderKnownFolderLocations/Location)

### Configuring folder options

[`shouldCreateBinaryCompatibilitySymlink`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderKnownFolderLocations/shouldCreateBinaryCompatibilitySymlink)

### Creating a known-folder locations object

[`init()`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderKnownFolderLocations/init())


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