what is virtual store folder

[mahaju]

What is this folder and why do things get saved in it?
Seems it happens by itself for some programs but I don't know why it happens
Almost drove me crazy today
What is this thing anyway?

 

[logicearth]

Things get put there when an application that does not have administrative power tries and put files to a location that requires administrative power (Run as Admin). The folder prevents the application from crashing and burning.

 

[mahaju]

So I guess that includes C:\ as well
I tried to edit a file on C drive through edit.exe in cmd
then when I saved it got moved to virtual store
I got another file with the same name in C:\ and tried to open it through cmd, but it kept on opening the virtual store version
Is there anyway I can stop this from happening?

 

[logicearth]

Right-click > Run as Admin. Or better yet. Use your user directory (C:\Users\[username]) or a directory your user account has full access to.