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commit 4d3a76d updated the list of directories for discovering CLI plugins, adding %ProgramFiles%\Docker\cli-plugins for system-wide plugins.

For backward compatibility, the %PROGRAMDATA%\Docker\cli-plugins was kept, however, this location is no longer used, and not generally recommended for storing non-data content (such as CLI plugin binaries). From the ProgramData documentation:

ProgramData specifies the path to the program-data folder (normally C:\ProgramData). Unlike the Program Files folder, this folder can be used by applications to store data for standard users, because it does not require elevated permissions.

It also mentions "It can’t contain any serviceable components.", effectively meaning that these paths should not contain data that is managed (through updates etc.), making it a poor choice for installing "system wide" CLI plugins.

This patch removes the path from the list, given that this location is no longer used by Docker Desktop, and the CLI-plugin API is considered an internal implementation (since 459c608).

Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn github@gone.nl

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