Can't find my .minecraft folder in Windows 10 [duplicate]

I currently use Windows 10 and I'm running Minecraft 1.8.

I have seen people say run %appdata&\.minecraft\ but that never worked for me. I really want to download a mod, but I can't until I find this folder.

Solution 1:

Unless you only made this typo when typing the question, the problem is that you have a typo in the folder path. Make sure that the symbols are entered correctly.

Correct path: %APPDATA%\.minecraft

Common typos:

• %APPDATA&\.minecraft
• %APPDATA%.minecraft

Solution 2:

On the Minecraft Start Screen, you can go into Options > Resource Packs... and click Open Resource Pack Folder. It will take you to .../.minecraft/resourcepacks. Then navigate to the parent directory which should hopefully take you to your .minecraft folder.