help deleting MSIXVC
help deleting MSIXVC
I was just looking at storage with wiz tree and noticed MSIXVC occupying 54% of my SSD. I don’t know what it is since nothing of that size came from the Windows Store and can’t be deleted.
I attempted to delete the Windows Store via Admin PS, but it didn’t work.
I’m planning to remove the Windows Store entirely and reinstall everything because I changed permissions for the Windows apps folder on the SSD. A Reddit user suggested against it.
View: https://old.reddit.com/r/XboxGamePassPC/...n_learned/
I also have Halo MCC on Steam, but it uses Xbox Live, so there’s no reason for it to be installed on the Windows Store and to be that large.
Link: https://gyazo.com/76d573ea92d6c3e8968479e91d2ea8fc
Try using CCleaner
I faced a similar issue where the Xbox app started downloading Forza Horizon 5 automatically on my PC without asking. By the time I realized, the network was already busy with 10 GB downloaded, and the disk space was nearly full—101 GB allocated for the game. I stopped the download, but sometimes deleting midway would remove files too. This time, a 100 GB file was taking up all the space, preventing me from accessing the Windows folder even with admin rights. I ran CCleaner, which spotted the leftover 101 GB in the MSIXVC folder. Since I couldn’t open it manually, I used admin access to delete it through...
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I attempted to delete in safe mode but keep receiving an error about needing admin privileges.
Try CCleaner
I faced a similar issue where the Xbox app started downloading Forza Horizon 5 automatically on my PC without asking. By the time I realized, the network usage had reached 10 GB, and the disk space allocated for it was already at 101 GB. I stopped the download, but usually when I paused it, the files would delete themselves. This time, however, the files remained intact. A 100 GB file was excessively consuming space, preventing me from accessing the Windows folder even with admin rights. I used CCleaner to locate the leftover 101 GB file in the MSIXVC folder and managed to delete it through the tool.
P.S.: The MSIXVC includes UWP apps and program files, which also contain games installed via the Xbox app or Game Pass. If you have many items from the Microsoft Store or games from the Xbox app, I strongly warn against deleting files in the MSIXVC folder. Since I didn’t install any games from the Microsoft Store, I deleted the file without hesitation. If a key file is accidentally removed, you’ll lose access to your games and may need to reinstall them.