Solved Why are These Folders Recreated When I Format A Drive


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I moved my MS Flight Simulator to a new SSD drive. I then formatted the old drive Y: but these folders are recreated which are empty. Why is this happening and how to prevent it?
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Press the Windows key, +X and choose Disk Management.
In the lower pane, select Backup (SSD) Y: disk and delete all partitions until the drive is all Unallocated Space.
Then right click that space and create a new Simple Volume. Creating a new partition that can take up all of the capacity.
Format the disk NTFS, keep the same name and Drive letter. Apply and OK then restart the computer.
Those files should no longer be there in that drive.
 

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I know a Program Files and WindowsApps folder will get created if you redirect where new apps are saved.


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Spunk said:
Press the Windows key, +X and choose Disk Management.
In the lower pane, select Backup (SSD) Y: disk and delete all partitions until the drive is all Unallocated Space.
Then right click that space and create a new Simple Volume. Creating a new partition that can take up all of the capacity.
Format the disk NTFS, keep the same name and Drive letter. Apply and OK then restart the computer.
Those files should no longer be there in that drive
Click to expand...
Thanks. I already fixed the problem by a similar method. I use MiniTool Partition Wizard to delete the partition then recreate the partition and reformat the drive. I believe that results in the drive being assigned a new volume ID which stops Windows identifying it as a drive formerly used for Store games apps and populating it with those folders.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Self build
    CPU
    Core i7-13700K
    Motherboard
    Asus TUF Gaming Plus WiFi Z790
    Memory
    64 GB Kingston Fury Beast DDR5
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 Super Gaming OC 8G
    Sound Card
    Realtek S1200A
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VP2770 & Dell (secondary)
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    Kingston KC3000 2TB NVME SSD & SATA HDDs & SSD
    PSU
    EVGA SuperNova G2 850W
    Case
    Nanoxia Deep Silence 1
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D14
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Digital Media Pro
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless
    Internet Speed
    80 Mb / s
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Defender, Malwarebytes Free & AdwCleaner

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Self build
    CPU
    Core i7-13700K
    Motherboard
    Asus TUF Gaming Plus WiFi Z790
    Memory
    64 GB Kingston Fury Beast DDR5
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 Super Gaming OC 8G
    Sound Card
    Realtek S1200A
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VP2770 & Dell (secondary)
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    Kingston KC3000 2TB NVME SSD & SATA HDDs & SSD
    PSU
    EVGA SuperNova G2 850W
    Case
    Nanoxia Deep Silence 1
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D14
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Digital Media Pro
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless
    Internet Speed
    80 Mb / s
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Defender, Malwarebytes Free & AdwCleaner
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