title: Multiple layers of Application Data folders - Windows7
body: <p>In a command window If I navigate to c:\users\me and do "dir", I see 13 folders but no files.  If I do "dir /s", I see thousands of files, but what bothers me is that I see paths like this:</p>
  
  <p>C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data\Application Data...  then, finally, something like Microsoft\VisualStudio or Google\Chrome or so on.</p>
  
  <p>What is it with the layers and layers of Application Data folders?  If I search using AgentRansack for some file deep down into these layers, I may see 15 or 20 instances of a file at different levels in this hierarchy.  If I delete one, it says, "Delete Failed", but it removes it from the list. So, it looks like there is something "virtual" about these folders...  Any clues?  </p>