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"C:\ProgramData\Package Cache" after p3d installl


jcomm

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I noticed each new install of P3D leaves the Package Cash folder filled with subfolders with the "remainings" of the install.

Any problem if I delete these folders which are worth a precious ( for me ) 12,6GB ?

Main Simulation Rig:

Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti, 1 TB & 500 GB M.2 nvme drives, Win11.

Simulators used: Condorsoaring 3 (for soaring) 

XP12 (for almost everything else Aviation Simulation related... with xEnviro and JF Traffic Global ) 

FS 2024 (for A320 simulation with the FENIX 320, BATC and FSLTL, Activities & Challenges and Career mode...)

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22 hours ago, Skywolf said:

Do not Delete.

You need those files when you uninstall.  Usually in the past, I would symlink that directory to save space.  But I do not do that anymore.

Package Cache gets removed when you uninstall P3D

I tried symlinking that folder a few months ago and found that that does not work with MSI installers.  It was just an experiment and it failed.

23 hours ago, jcomm said:

a precious ( for me ) 12,6GB ?

If space is an issue take a look at your download folders.  Windows defaults to a user location but there is no reason why those files have to be there.  All my flight simulation downloaded files are on a different drive.  You do have a second drive, right?

Dan Downs KCRP

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