These folders include all the temporary files and settings from Windows 10 Store and preinstalled apps. Has anyone run into an issue like this? If so, how did you solve it so you were able to delete this folder. Trust us, leave the WindowsApps folder alone. I discovered this issue, when I tried to change the save location of Apps to the D Drive and I received an error (a rather generic one at that) I guess the last step would be to copy of the contents of the folder that I want to keep on there (about 1TB of games) over to my E: drive and format it, but I'd really rather not do that. I even created a new user account and took ownership using that account to no avail. I've tried taking ownership of the folder, took ownership of the root of the drive and giving myself Full Control, booting into safe mode. I've rebooted numerous times to try to free up anything that might be accessing this folder. I should note that as far as I can tell, there is nothing accessing this folder. The error I get is attached to this post. Step 2: Rightclick the file and 'Take Ownership' and let that script run its course. Run ' webui-user.bat ' to execute launcher.py hardcoded ' torch ' install. Step 1: Find your 'Windows Apps' Folder on the drive in question and rename it to 'Windows Apps.old'. Install python 3.10.7 3.10.10 or MS store 3.10 v1529, the current version. Pull ' automatic 1111 ' repo into new folder. No matter what I try, I get various errors and I can't delete it to free up all of that space. This is from a fresh install - and packages are not cached. It is currently taking about 200 GB of space on my SSD and I want to get rid of it. But you can view it by enabling the Show hidden files and folders feature in the File Explorer. This folder is located in the C drive and is hidden by default. I usually install games and some apps from the Windows Store onto this drive. In Windows 11/10, the apps that you download from Microsoft Store are stored in the WindowsApps folder. I have the WindowsApps folder on my 😧 drive which is a 2TB SSD. I just did a Windows re-install and I am trying to do some cleaning up of my files and folders.

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