Files and Folders created in the root of C: are deleted after reboot on machines with AppStacks attached.

[alaffey]

Users using Visual Studio had created the folder C:\work to store projects.  After rebooting anything created on the root of C: was gone. Is this normal behavior or a result of one or more of the AppStacks installing content to the root of C:\ and as a result being managed by AppStacks.    Is there anyway to tell which AppStack would be causing this besides testing each individually?

Thanks

[Jason_Marshall · Accepted solution]

This is actually expected behavior as the OS is essentially being virtualized when an AppStack is attached. All changes being made to the OS are being stored in a system folder called  SVROOT on the system volume (C:). This folder only becomes "visible" when an AppStack is attached and therefore virtualization is enabled.

[JaceJ]

Can you use a writable volume to capture these kinds of directories?  We have some products our users are using which also involves using a folder in the root of c:  Moving the folder is a major task so being able to use an alternative solution would be ideal

[Jason_Marshall]

Yes, the UIA template will capture just about anything and everything the user may create on the "c:\".