Visual Studio Folder under AppData getting big

Question

_{Sunday, May 24, 2009 2:50 PM}

Hi, we are running out space on C, and we found the folder under here has huge size:

C:\Users\USER%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudioC:\Users\darren.li\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio

It got 3 GB for each developer on this machine. I am not very sure if there are important data inside this folder. I found it seems to be fine if we just delete it, VS will generate a new one with much smaller size. We have plenty space on D. So we think it might be better for long run if we point VS to redirect this folder to D drive.

Is anyway we can do this? Thank you!

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_{Tuesday, May 26, 2009 7:29 AM ✅Answered | 1 vote}

Hi DLDeveloper,

Referring to the files in Roaming folder, they are for when using Roaming User Profiles, either with or without Active Directory on domains. It allows users to have their own settings whichever computer they log onto.

Based on your description, I guess that the files you deleted in C:\Users\USER%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio folder can be some setting files of Visual Studio. So when Visual Studio was launched, it automatically generated a new one.
As far as I know, Visual Studio IDE is not supposed to support redirect this folder to other drives.
You can try using System Tools like Disk Cleanup to make your system drive (C drive) have more space or increasing the space on C drive.

Thanks

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_{Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2:06 PM}

Thank you for your answer and suggestion. Too bad we can't redirect it, bcs we have plenty space on D. But using 3GB for just VS settings? That doesn't sound right too me. I guess VS keep some history in that place.

We will try to increase the space on C, which is way too small right now (obviously it is IT's mistake). As long as deleting won't hurt anything, I will keep deleting it until we get enough space.