Can I delete MSIXVC file if the game is currently on my machine?

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So in order to delete the files in the MSIXVC folder you have to kill the Stub Service program for the Xbox app; however, if you delete the files in said folder, the folders for the games themselves (i.e. PrivateDivision.TheOuterWorldsWindows10) become
inaccessible along with all the contents of the folder. It says that the resource or folder is no longer available. So that leads me to believe that the files in the MSIXVC folder remain as a virtual mounted drive of sorts. If I restore the file from the recycle
bin, the folder is accessible again. I verified this with Bloodstained as well. This needs to be fixed.

Update: I ended up having to access my WindowsApps/MSIXVC folder (within Program Files) and manually deleting the virtual image file (3D263E92-93CD-4F9B-90C7-5438150CECBF.*).

Now if only I had written down each folder's original owner...

MSIXVC - System

WindowsApps - NT Service\TrustedInstaller

I have a similar problem with other games on microsoft store.

After full installation, the game is present in WindowsApps /MSIXVC (for gears5 as 1E66A3E7-2F7B-461C-9F46-3EE0AEC64B8C taking 69 Go) and in WindowsApps (for gears5 as Microsoft.HalifaxBaseGame_1.1.95.0_x64__...) but the game is not present in the library
and when I try to download it again, i get a message saying that the game is downloaded but I can't launch it (i still see the install button instead of the play button).

I just found a solution to finish the installation which works in my case : in the

WindowsApps /MSIXVC, try to delete the E66A3E7-2F7B-461C-9F46-3EE0AEC64B8C.xvs file and then go to the store to download the game again. This time, after a simple check, the installation will end and the play button appears!

But now, i have another problem, the game is present in 2 locations on the disk and i didn't found a way to delete installation files in MSIXVC folder (a process is still running on them)

I have the exact same issue, I managed to gain back my disc space by deleting the content of the "WindowsApps" file, in MSIXVC. The file is protected, so it's quite the process to access.

But now the game won't download, it stays in the preparation phase and then just disappear. I am seriously tired of this, feels like I am wasting money