# Recording client overview

> The Recorder client is a lightweight installation that is downloaded on the recording user's machine. It records and captures screenshots and metadata of the task as it is being completed. The screenshots and metadata create traces to be reviewed and merged to get a comprehensive view of the process.

The Recorder client is a lightweight installation that is downloaded on the recording user's machine. It records and captures screenshots and metadata of the task as it is being completed. The screenshots and metadata create traces to be reviewed and merged to get a comprehensive view of the process.

Even though the recording client needs to be installed on every machine in order to record data for each interaction, the performance impact is low and all the locally stored data is deleted automatically once it's updated to the encrypted cloud space.

## Accessing the Recording Client

This page describes how to get the Task Mining recorder.

:::tip
The Recording Client for **Task Mining** is also available for download on the [UiPath® Customer Portal](https://customerportal.uipath.com/).
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### Task Mining

You will get an email invitation to an existing Task Mining project. You can download the installer for the recording client from the email.

You can also download the installer from the project in Task Mining when you start capturing a trace.

### Installer file type

The UiPath Task Mining `.msi` is used to install the **Recorder** on your machine.

:::note
Installation can be done either per-user or per-machine installation. If Task Mining is installed per-machine, there is no per-user installation available. If Task Mining is installed for at least one user, as per-user, there is no per-machine installation available.
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    Details 
    .msi file 
  
 
 
  
     Installation type  
     per-machine or per-user  
  
  
     Requires Admin Rights for installation  
     Yes or No (depends on client software configuration)  
  
  
     Requires Admin Rights for running  
     No  
  
  
     Supports command-line installation  
     Yes  
  
  
     User Data folder  
    <code>%AppData%\UiPath Task Mining</code> 
  
  
     Destination Folder  
   
      
         installed per machine - <code>%programfiles%\UiPath Task Mining</code> 
         per user - <code>%localappdata%\Programs\UiPath Task Mining</code> 
      

  
  
     Can Destination Folder be changed during installation?  
     Yes