diff --git a/picard/config.py b/picard/config.py
index 4116e5411..54d068ba0 100644
--- a/picard/config.py
+++ b/picard/config.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 import re
+import sys
 from operator import itemgetter
 from PyQt4 import QtCore
 from picard import (PICARD_APP_NAME, PICARD_ORG_NAME, PICARD_VERSION,
@@ -236,3 +237,17 @@ _config = Config()
 
 setting = _config.setting
 persist = _config.persist
+
+# http://pyqt.sourceforge.net/Docs/PyQt4/qsettings.html#fileName
+# QString QSettings.fileName (self)
+#
+# Returns the path where settings written using this QSettings object are stored.
+#
+# On Windows, if the format is QSettings.NativeFormat, the return value is a system registry path, not a file path.
+FILE_PATH = 0
+REGISTRY_PATH = 1
+storage = _config.fileName()
+if _config.format() == QtCore.QSettings.NativeFormat and sys.platform == "win32":
+    storage_type = REGISTRY_PATH
+else:
+    storage_type = FILE_PATH
diff --git a/picard/tagger.py b/picard/tagger.py
index dbe17b376..9d4e2d113 100644
--- a/picard/tagger.py
+++ b/picard/tagger.py
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ class Tagger(QtGui.QApplication):
         log.debug("Starting Picard %s from %r", picard.__version__, os.path.abspath(__file__))
         log.debug("Platform: %s %s %s", platform.platform(),
                   platform.python_implementation(), platform.python_version())
+        if config.storage_type == config.REGISTRY_PATH:
+            log.debug("Configuration registry path: %s", config.storage)
+        else:
+            log.debug("Configuration file path: %s", config.storage)
 
         # TODO remove this before the final release
         if sys.platform == "win32":
@@ -151,6 +155,7 @@ class Tagger(QtGui.QApplication):
                 shutil.move(olduserdir, USER_DIR)
             except:
                 pass
+        log.debug("User directory: %s", os.path.abspath(USER_DIR))
 
         # for compatibility with pre-1.3 plugins
         QtCore.QObject.tagger = self