What is this large folder?

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  1. Posts : 7,860
    Windows 11 Pro 64 bit
       #1

    What is this large folder?


    I noticed this folder contains c. 6GB of files - C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Containers\BaseImages

    What's the purpose of that folder?
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  2. Posts : 56,804
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #2

    No idea. I don't have it.

    What is this large folder?-2019-05-16_09h23_20.png

    I use Wise Disk Cleaner to clean up oddball stuff, and one of the options there is to delete "Baseline Installer Images", because after a successful update, they are no longer needed. They can get quite large. Probably why I don't have all that.
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  3. Posts : 7,860
    Windows 11 Pro 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    f14tomcat said:
    No idea. I don't have it.

    What is this large folder?-2019-05-16_09h23_20.png

    I use Wise Disk Cleaner to clean up oddball stuff, and one of the options there is to delete "Baseline Installer Images", because after a successful update, they are no longer needed. They can get quite large. Probably why I don't have all that.
    Thanks - where is the option to delete Baseline Installer Images in Wise Disk Cleaner since I can't find that option?
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  4. Posts : 56,804
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #4

    Steve C said:
    Thanks - where is the option to delete Baseline Installer Images in Wise Disk Cleaner since I can't find that option?
    It would be here, Under Slimming. Doesn't show for me cause I've already done it. Do the scan first.

    What is this large folder?-2019-05-16_09h34_56.png
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  5. Posts : 7,860
    Windows 11 Pro 64 bit
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       #5

    f14tomcat said:
    It would be here, Under Slimming. Doesn't show for me cause I've already done it. Do the scan first.

    What is this large folder?-2019-05-16_09h34_56.png
    The large folder in question doesn't appear there for me nor can I find anything by Googling.

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  6. Posts : 56,804
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #6

    It was a shot that's was it was. Obviously not. Still, I don't have that folder or files, as posted. What do some of the files in it look like? The names?
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  7. Posts : 7,860
    Windows 11 Pro 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    f14tomcat said:
    It was a shot that's was it was. Obviously not. Still, I don't have that folder or files, as posted. What do some of the files in it look like? The names?
    I'e copied the folder tree below. I experimented with Defender Application Guard recently then removed it. Is the large folder a hangover from that?
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  8. Posts : 56,804
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #8

    You have a build that has Sandbox enabled? My Google on the path got this as the first hit:

    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/.../301849/page/3
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  9. Posts : 3,271
    Win10
       #9

    I am not sure, but there may be a difference between installer baseline cache vs installer baseline images. The former may be related to installation patches of some kind and the latter may be related to the upcoming Sandbox (and Containers) feature ? If you haven't yet tested the Sandbox feature on an insider build then I am completely mistaken.

    some info on baseline cache:
    https://devblogs.microsoft.com/setup...freeing-space/

    baseline images:
    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/.../301849/page/3

    (Treat with caution, I might be completely wrong).
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  10. Posts : 56,804
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #10

    It's Sandbox. Look at the tree structure of his files he posted.

    Steve.... if you go into Programs and Features and uncheck that Sandbox, reboot, it'll probably go away.
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