What is a Root User and Directory Structure in Kali Linux
The root folder also called the root directory or sometimes just the root, of any partition or folder is the "highest" directory in the hierarchy. You can also think of it in general as the start or beginning of a particular folder structure.
The root directory contains all other folders in the drive or folder, and can, of course, also contain files. You can visualize this with an upside-down tree where the roots (the root folder) are at the top and the branches (subfolders) fall below; the root is what holds together all of its lower items.
For example, the root directory of the main partition on your computer is probably C:\. The root folder of your DVD or CD drive might be D:\. The root of the Windows Registry is where hives like HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT are stored.
Examples of Root Folders
The term root may also be relative to whatever location you're talking about.
Say, for another example, that you're working on the C:\Program Files\Adobe\ folder for whatever reason. If the software you're using or the troubleshooting guide you're reading is telling you to go to the root of the Adobe installation folder, it's talking about the "main" folder that houses all of the Adobe files related to whatever it is you're doing.
In this example, since C:\Program Files\ holds lots of folders for other programs, too, the root of the Adobe folder, specifically, would be the \Adobe\ folder. However, the root folder for all the program files on your computer would be the C:\Program Files\ folder.
This same thing applies to any other folder. Do you need to go to the root of the user folder for User1 in Windows? That's the C:\Users\Name1\ folder. This, of course, changes depending on what user you're talking about — the root folder of User2 would be C:\Users\User2\.
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