Vista - deleting files in "virtuial store"

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.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Mike" <mrbauer@wl.eyecom.com> wrote in message
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>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
>

Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote:
> 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.

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" <daniel@nuix.com> wrote in message
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> Ronnie Vernon MVP wrote:
>> 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.
>
> That should be "Vista non-compliant", right?

**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.

Yes, Program Files restricts programs from writing there, after they are
installed.

The programs can now write to C:\ProgramData\<program name> without
restriction.

>
> Daniel
>
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User