Windows Apps Folder Delete. To open the WindowsApps folder in Windows 10, do the following. Open the Program files folder (the parent folder of WindowsApps) in File Explorer. Find the WindowsApps folder in the list. If it is not visible, enable hidden files in File Explorer. Now, right-click the WindowsApps folder and select Properties from the context menu. Navigate to the WindowsApps folder on your secondary drive, and delete it. It doesn't disappear instantly, but when you exit the drive, and log back into windows, the folder will be gone. Last edited by jkteddy77; 18 Jan 2016 at 17:10 . The windows apps folder has some insane security on it. I found out via a personal experience and some googling after that experience on a computer with a working OS that the windowsapps folder is used by windows 10 to create new users. Without it some windows 10 apps don't install properly and the UI and other processes become buggy.
Select the WindowsApps folder. Press Shift + Delete at the same time. Click Yes in the Delete folder window to permanently delete it. Next can we try and take ownership Click the security tab (You can also right click on WindowsApps folder and choose Properties, to access the Security tab.) Click Advanced under the Security tab. Important: Delete the D:\WindowsApps folder only if it is not your default app save folder, and if it doesn’t contain any apps. The default app save location can be checked by opening Settings → System → Storage → Change where new content is saved.Make sure it’s not set to D:\ drive.
7. Now, close the File Explorer and open the WindowsApps folder again and this time, you will be able to access the WindowsApps folder without any issue. Access WindowsApps Folder and Delete Unnecessary Files. So that was our short guide on how to access the WindowsApps folder on Windows 10.
Select the WindowsApps folder. Press Shift + Delete at the same time. Click Yes in the Delete folder window to permanently delete it. Next can we try and take ownership Click the security tab (You can also right click on WindowsApps folder and choose Properties, to access the Security tab.) Click Advanced under the Security tab. The windows apps folder has some insane security on it. I found out via a personal experience and some googling after that experience on a computer with a working OS that the windowsapps folder is used by windows 10 to create new users. Without it some windows 10 apps don't install properly and the UI and other processes become buggy. Some time ago I installed Forza Motorsport demo from Windows store. Now I can't find it to uninstall, can't delete the folder and it takes 22 GB so quite a lot. 1. Yesterday, I have changed Windows Apps Installation Drive to E:-> Windows 10 created WindowsApps on E:-> I have changed back to C: but WindowsApps folder still exist on E:-> I can not deleted that folder. 2. I reset the Windows but I still can not delete that WindowsApps folder.
