Windows 10: I installed a disk image file. But I deleted it's previous files versions along with the...

I installed a disk image file. But I deleted it's previous files versions along with the program files. But now when I try to open the installing application it won't open or shows anything. What should I do .

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Windows old files deleting

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query at Microsoft community. I will be glad to assist you.

I suggest you follow this steps and check if it helps.

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  Open Disk Cleanup by clicking the Start button. In the search box, type Disk Cleanup, and then, in the list of results, click Disk Cleanup.
  
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  If you're prompted to choose a drive, click the drive you just installed Windows on, and then click OK.
  
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  In the Disk Cleanup dialog box, on the Disk Cleanup tab, click Clean up system files.
  
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  If you're again prompted to choose a drive, click the drive you just installed Windows on, and then click OK.
  
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  Select the Previous Windows installation(s) check box, and any other check boxes for the files you want to delete, and then click OK.
  
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  In the message that appears, click Delete Files.
  

Hope this helps.

For further assistance, you can post your query in Microsoft Community.

Thank you.

 

Delete Previous version of Windows

Hi ewisgrell, to delete previous versions of Windows, run Disk Cleanup as shown below

Open File Explorer

Click on your hard drive

On the Manage Tab, click Cleanup

Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan

Select Everything in the list and choose Delete

Start Disk Cleanup again

Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan

This time in the resulting dialog, click 'Cleanup System Files'

Let Disk Cleanup run another scan

Select Everything in the list and choose Delete

 

Deleting the temporary files

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Please provide some additional information, so that we can assist you better.

1. Are you facing issues with any other files apart from Office suites?
   

However, I suggest you to follow the below mentioned steps:

1. Open Control panel.

2. Select System and security.

3. Administrative tools.

4. Open Disk Cleanup.

5. Click on Clean up system files.

Note: Usually the large files are the system files that will not appear unless you clean on clean system files and that was the missing step in most proposed solution.

6. You can select the large files appear in the Files to delete window.

7. Deleting your previous version of Windows can’t be undone.

You may refer Microsoft article to make free space on your Windows 10.

Free up drive space in Windows - Microsoft Support.

Note: If you need to free up drive space, you can safely delete it, but keep in mind that you'll be deleting your Windows. Old folder, which contains files that give you the option
to go back to your previous version of Windows.

Hope it helps.

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Harish

Microsoft Community – Moderator