Solved An empty Program Files folder containing a ModifiableWindowsApps subfolder keeps reappearing on the D: drive

xomuz · Tuesday at 9:29 AM

I've reset the Microsoft Store and Xbox app and all install locations are set to the C: drive in both the apps and Windows settings. However, the folder keeps reappearing after I delete it, even when the PC is idle. Is there a way to stop it?

pepanee · Tuesday at 9:42 AM

Source:

https://superuser.com/questions/1519173/what-is-the-modifiablewindowsapps-folder-and-can-i-delete-it

It is a folder that gets created by some Microsoft Game that you have installed (I don't know which one).

xomuz · Tuesday at 9:51 AM

pepanee said:
Source:

https://superuser.com/questions/1519173/what-is-the-modifiablewindowsapps-folder-and-can-i-delete-it

It is a folder that gets created by some Microsoft Game that you have installed (I don't know which one).

Yeah, I had one game from the Microsoft Store installed "Forza Motorsport" but I uninstalled it and currently don't have any Microsoft games installed. Yet somehow this folder keeps haunting me

pepanee · Tuesday at 9:58 AM

Another source (all the way at the bottom of the page):
reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/x8cbl4/windowsapps_and_modifiablewindowsapps_appeared_on/

It's the Xbox app. Have its save location on your local (non D:) drive. Try that out and see if it resolves the problem.

xomuz · Tuesday at 10:06 AM

pepanee said:
Another source (all the way at the bottom of the page):
reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/x8cbl4/windowsapps_and_modifiablewindowsapps_appeared_on/

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It's the Xbox app. Have its save location on your local (non D:) drive. Try that out and see if it resolves the problem.

It reappears even when I don't launch the Xbox app. I'm out of ideas now

pepanee · Tuesday at 10:09 AM

Try temporarily changing the Xbox app's settings (because this app probably runs in the background while its closed), delete that folder, and see if that folder gets re-created after a computer restart.

xomuz · Tuesday at 8:27 PM

pepanee said:
Try temporarily changing the Xbox app's settings (because this app probably runs in the background while its closed), delete that folder, and see if that folder gets re-created after a computer restart.

I just uninstalled the Xbox app since I don't use it and so far the folder hasn't reappeared

pepanee · Tuesday at 8:28 PM

Sounds like you may have found what was causing that folder to reappear.

Levitate11 · Tuesday at 8:36 PM

xomuz said:
It reappears even when I don't launch the Xbox app. I'm out of ideas now

You probably still have the Xbox service starting up, even if you don't "have Xbox installed". Check in services and disable anything X-box related.

xomuz · 2025-06-26T17:19:51-0400

You could say it's sort of solved but the ideal solution would be to keep the Xbox app installed and have that folder not appear hehe

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