¿Es posible evitar que el directorio "WindowsApps" se llene de versiones obsoletas de aplicaciones?
Existen preguntas similares sobre la desinstalación de aplicaciones preinstaladas, pero no he visto ninguna que sufra la presencia de innumerables versiones de la misma aplicación.
Como mi almacenamiento se estaba agotando, verifiqué mi unidad C: con "Space Sniffer" y descubrí que la C:\Program Files\WindowsAppscarpeta oculta tenía un tamaño de más de 20 GB, la mayoría de los cuales eran versiones múltiples (!) de juegos que había desinstalado previamente.
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.BubbleWitch3Saga_5.0.2.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.BubbleWitch3Saga_5.0.3.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.BubbleWitch3Saga_5.1.5.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.BubbleWitch3Saga_5.2.8.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.BubbleWitch3Saga_5.3.3.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1251.1.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1280.3.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1310.1.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1320.2.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1340.3.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1340.5.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1341.1.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1360.3.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1371.1.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1380.6.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1390.3.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1400.5.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1410.4.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1411.1.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1420.4.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1430.6.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1440.2.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1440.3.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1440.4.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1450.3.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1450.4.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1450.5.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1461.2.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1461.3.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1461.4.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1461.5.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1471.2.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1471.4.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.1471.5.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.100.600.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.118.400.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.122.200.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.123.200.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.125.200.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.125.300.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.125.400.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.127.300.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.129.200.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.129.201.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.131.300.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.132.300.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.133.200.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.133.300.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga_1.134.300.0_x86__kgqvnymyfvs32
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.10.101.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.10.7.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.4.200.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.5.201.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.5.300.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.6.100.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.6.14.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.7.100.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.7.13.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.8.102.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.8.24.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.9.15.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Con más de 200 MB por directorio, esto sumaba más de 10 GB de almacenamiento, que Windows no consideró que valiera la pena liberar por sí solo, cuando advirtió sobre "almacenamiento bajo".
Los programas no figuran como instalados, ni en la aplicación Microsoft Store ni en la parte "Aplicaciones y características" de la configuración del sistema.
Pude eliminarlos tomando permisos con
takeown DIRNAME /F
icacls DIRNAME /GRANT "*S-1-3-4:F" /T /C /L
rmdir /S DIRNAME
:: (note: S-1-3-4 is the SID denoting the owner.)
pero me quedé preguntándome si existe una mejor manera de limpiar este directorio y tal vez incluso evitar que se llene de cosas en primer lugar. Después de todo, ¿por qué el sistema mantendría múltiples versiones obsoletas de aplicaciones y aplicaciones desinstaladas en primer lugar?