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I found some .exe files in

C:\Users\liaoc\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\

They are all 0B.

What are these files used for?

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    Overall, this is a perfectly understandable question. The only confusing part may be why you have it tagged [tag:windows-subsystem-for-linux] -- You don't mention anything about WSL in the question. I'm guessing that the wsl.exe is one of the 0 byte files? – NotTheDr01ds Nov 10 '22 at 12:05
  • I'll answer in the comments for now, and move it to an answer if/when it gets reopened. These are App Execution Aliases, which are links to Microsoft Store apps that are included in your path. For example, I have python.exe there, which allows the Windows Store Python installation to run from the command-line easily. The Store version of WSL is also there as wsl.exe, and overrides the wsl.exe that is installed with Windows in C:\Windows\System32\wsl.exe. Even some "base" Windows apps like Paintbrush (pbrush.exe) are now installed via the Store in recent Windows releases. – NotTheDr01ds Nov 10 '22 at 12:19
  • This question is being discussed on Meta. – NotTheDr01ds Nov 10 '22 at 12:50
  • This question was asked 3 years ago, and was closed as a duplicate of this question, which I suspect is indirectly a duplicate of this question. Since I originally closed this question, thinking the question needed to be clarified, I cannot actually vote to close it as a duplciate – Ramhound Nov 10 '22 at 16:24

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