I didn't put mine in the root directory, instead I went through the steps to give me ownership of my files. When I left click and "run as administrator" I do not go to the Virtualstore folder anymore, but to my normal Sony EQ directory. If I don't click "run as administrator" then it does take me to the Virtualstore files.

The site that walked me through setting up ownership cautioned against totally disabling the Virtualstore because it is apparently one of the defining characteristics of the upgraded Windows versions, and would make Windows 7 no better than the previous version.