ReflectedSchemas folder in the user's AppData folder (Visual Studio)

Question

Today I ran WinDirStat to check what is filling up my harddisk. I was surprised to see that this folder contains 4.6 GB (!):

C:\\Users\\...\\AppData\\Roaming         


        

Answer 1

These files caused problems for me because I was using Windows' Roaming Profiles feature, so I symlinked (created symbolic links for) them to the Local AppData folder:

cd %APPDATA%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0
mklink /D ReflectedSchemas ..\..\..\..\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\ReflectedSchemas
mklink /D ReflectedTypeLibs ..\..\..\..\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\ReflectedTypeLibs

If your needs/problems regarding these files differ from mine, you can link them to a different folder, even on a different partition. (You can use the /J switch instead of /D, and in this case, it probably won't matter, but it does help to know the differences between the different types of links.)