É possível evitar que o diretório “WindowsApps” fique cheio de versões desatualizadas de aplicativos?
Existem questões semelhantes sobre a desinstalação de aplicativos pré-instalados, mas não vi nenhum que sofresse com a presença de inúmeras versões do mesmo aplicativo.
Como meu armazenamento estava acabando, verifiquei meu C:-Drive com “Space Sniffer” e descobri que a C:\Program Files\WindowsAppspasta oculta tinha mais de 20 GB – a maioria das quais eram múltiplas versões (!) de jogos que eu havia desinstalado anteriormente.
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
Com mais de 200 MB por diretório, isso somava mais de 10 GB de armazenamento, que o Windows não considerou que valesse a pena liberar por conta própria, quando alertou sobre "pouco armazenamento".
Os programas não estão listados como instalados, nem no aplicativo Microsoft Store nem na parte “Aplicativos e recursos” das configurações do sistema.
Consegui excluí-los obtendo permissões com
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.)
mas fiquei pensando se existe uma maneira melhor de limpar esse diretório e talvez até mesmo evitar que ele fique desordenado. Afinal, por que o sistema manteria várias versões desatualizadas de aplicativos e aplicativos desinstalados?