How to Restore the Default Permissions for WindowsApps folder<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nNote:<\/b> Copying the folder from another computer is not a recommended way because the App’s data files may reference a Microsoft user account ID of the source computer (if one is set). In that case, the app may not work correctly when copied to another system unless you also clear those user-specific settings in the LocalAppData\\Packages folder for that particular app on the target computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you have accidentally deleted the Windows 10 apps folders such as SystemApps, WindowsApps, or the Packages folder (in Local Application Data), here is how to restore them back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10522,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/cannot-delete-windowsapps-folder-on-non-system-drives\/","url_meta":{"origin":3806,"position":0},"title":"[Fix] Cannot Delete WindowsApps folder on Non-System Drives","author":"Ramesh","date":"July 30, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"If you have changed the default app save location to an external hard drive or secondary drive, Windows will create three folders, namely, WpSystem, WindowsApps, and WUDownloadCache on the target drive. 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