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this is great solution. i need to cleanup my SSD c drive by moving files to other drive. many thanks
– marek
Commented Aug 15, 2013 at 16:34
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+1 for Hardlink Shell Extension. Couldn't live without it.
– Dennis G
Commented Dec 15, 2013 at 12:47
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Dear Microsoft: Please do not use the name "cache" to describe a folder that causes this much headache when deleted. Thanks.
– Todd Menier
Commented May 11, 2016 at 23:27
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Did the trick with moving to another drive and making a junction. Running VS2015 SP3 installer today, the installer caused the junction to devolve to a normal directory (possibly when uninstalling an older version of some component, it recursed through "empty" parent directories removing them -- there are known problems with junctions and naive empty directory tests). So it placed new components in C:\ProgramData\Package Cache and then failed to find items in the new location where the junction formerly pointed. Just a warning to future readers the junction may need to be re-established.
– Ben Voigt
Commented Jul 19, 2016 at 21:15
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As a more permanent fix, use NTFS permissions and deny "delete" permission on the junction itself.
– Ben Voigt
Commented Jul 19, 2016 at 21:15

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