deleting files in "virtuial store"

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Mike

I have noticed that even though I have removed programs from the computer I
find that they are still in the following location.
C:\users\Computer-user\appdata\local\virtual store\program files

\program data

\windows
Computer-user is the name of the current user...
My question is it safe to delete or erase the data in the above 3 locations
in the virtual store?

thanks in advance
Mike
 
Yes, these can be removed. The Virtual Store is where Vista compliant
programs typically store files that need global write/access permissions
such as data, .ini, and configuration files. This is part of the
Virtualization model in Vista.
 
Ronnie said:
Yes, these can be removed. The Virtual Store is where Vista compliant
programs typically store files that need global write/access permissions
such as data, .ini, and configuration files. This is part of the
Virtualization model in Vista.
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That should be "Vista non-compliant", right? I've noticed that all my
legacy applications store stuff in that directory even though the app
itself tries to write to Program Files. Presumably a compliant app
would store its data somewhere in AppData instead.

Daniel
 
Daniel

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Daniel Noll said:
That should be "Vista non-compliant", right?
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**Yes, Non-Compliant. Thanks for catching that.

I've noticed that all my
legacy applications store stuff in that directory even though the app
itself tries to write to Program Files. Presumably a compliant app would
store its data somewhere in AppData instead.
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Yes, Program Files restricts programs from writing there, after they are
installed.
 
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