Windows 10: 327 GB of storage space is being taken up by MSIXVC, Microsoft.Cardinal and three instances...

Discus and support 327 GB of storage space is being taken up by MSIXVC, Microsoft.Cardinal and three instances... in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I believe each of these is related to an Age of Empires install from what I can find online. I have uninstalled the games and these are taking up a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Recon92c812ca81-47a6-42a5, Jul 11, 2023.

  1. 327 GB of storage space is being taken up by MSIXVC, Microsoft.Cardinal and three instances...


    I believe each of these is related to an Age of Empires install from what I can find online. I have uninstalled the games and these are taking up a ridiculous amount of storage. Can someone please assist in removing these.

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    Recon92c812ca81-47a6-42a5, Jul 11, 2023
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  2. A_S00 Win User

    How can I free up space taken up by an incomplete Microsoft Store download?

    Found the solution. Steps I used to fix this:

    1. Open the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps folder, which is where the Windows Store puts its downloads. The WindowsApps folder isn't permissioned to normal users, so this has to be done using some utility that's being run as administrator (either a command prompt window, or some other file manager like 7zip; h/t ManSamVampire for the 7zip suggestion). DO NOT assign ownership of the WindowsApps folder to your own user account to gain access to it, as doing so will cause major problems and can't be easily undone (h/t Ramhound's answer for this warning).
    2. Sort the subfolders inside WindowsApps by the date they were last modified; this will let you easily find the folders that have recently had new stuff put into them.
    3. In my case, the offending subfolder was called MSIXVC, which is apparently a type of installer used by the Windows Store. Inside, I had an anomalous 37GB file created last night with no file extension, called "8BBF2763-A1C6-4F1B-96CA-B79DD5FDA4EE". Given that this file was enormous, created at the right time, and in a subfolder suggesting it was an installer, I concluded that this was the droid I was looking for.
    4. From within your run-as-administrator utility, delete the offending file. I deleted the ginormous, bafflingly-named file from the MSIXVC folder, and lo and behold I had all my disk space back!

    Now redownloading and installing Outer Worlds. This time I'll know better than to turn off my computer partway through.
     
    A_S00, Jul 11, 2023
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  3. Storage Space

    Surface Pro 3 storage space is low. Storage settings say that Apps and Games is using 17.5 GB but when I add up the space from the list of apps it is only 5.7 GB. What is taking up up the other ~12 GB and how do I free up space?
     
    renataAtkinson1, Jul 11, 2023
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  4. FraserSim Win User

    327 GB of storage space is being taken up by MSIXVC, Microsoft.Cardinal and three instances...

    Microsoft Storage Space Device

    I am trying to play assassins creed origins but the drive have downloaded it to is a Microsoft Storage Space Device and this is causing the game to crash at launch. I have been through 2 different members of staff in thee support team who tried many things
    to help but with no joy. Here is the results from dxdiag i ran to check them windows is on my C hence why its normal but how do i change the other two? All drives are formatted as basic

    Drive: C:

    Free Space: 20.3 GB

    Total Space: 476.3 GB

    File System: NTFS

    Model: WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70

    Drive: D:

    Free Space: 2096.8 GB

    Total Space: 2097.0 GB

    File System: NTFS

    Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device

    Drive: K:

    Free Space: 95.7 GB

    Total Space: 1048.4 GB

    File System: NTFS

    Model: Microsoft Storage Space Device
     
    FraserSim, Jul 11, 2023
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