Windows 10: Delete Windows.old Folder in Windows 10

Discus and support Delete Windows.old Folder in Windows 10 in Windows 10 Tutorials to solve the problem; Glad you could free up the space. *Smile Discussion in 'Windows 10 Tutorials' started by ThrashZone, Oct 4, 2014.

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  1. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Delete Windows.old Folder in Windows 10


    Glad you could free up the space. *Smile
     
    Brink, Aug 27, 2015
    #61
  2. TONEEQ
    ToneEQ Win User
    ToneEQ, Sep 8, 2015
    #62
  3. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Glad they could help ToneEQ, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile
     
    Brink, Sep 8, 2015
    #63
  4. OZFUNGHI
    ozfunghi Win User

    Delete Windows.old Folder in Windows 10

    ozfunghi, Sep 16, 2015
    #64
  5. POSSOM2009
    possom2009 Win User
    Couldn't remove it until I did a system restore an tried cleanmgr again.*Confused

    Oh well, at least its gone now!
     
    possom2009, Oct 3, 2015
    #65
  6. THORRRR
    thorrrr Win User
    thorrrr, Oct 4, 2015
    #66
  7. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Hello thorrr, *Smile

    Did you take ownership, and try again?
     
    Brink, Oct 4, 2015
    #67
  8. THORRRR
    thorrrr Win User

    Delete Windows.old Folder in Windows 10

    Hi Brink i have tried 4 times taking ownership but this lot will not move
     
    thorrrr, Oct 4, 2015
    #68
  9. Brink
    Brink New Member
    In that case, boot from your installation media to open a command prompt at boot to see if you may be able to delete the folder. This way it's outside the OS environment when trying.
     
    Brink, Oct 4, 2015
    #69
  10. ROMAN KREJCI
    Roman Krejci Win User
    I had windows.old folder there after my win7 -> win 10 upgrade. I preferred to keep it. However, now the Windows.old folder is gone. How is that possible? I did NOT delete it. I definitely want it back with all its content. Immediately. What should I do?
     
    Roman Krejci, Oct 12, 2015
    #70
  11. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Hello Roman, *Smile

    Did you run Disk Cleanup or some other program like CCleaner that may have deleted it?

    Has it been 30 days since you upgraded to Windows 10?

    If so, the previous OS for Windows.old gets deleted since you are no longer able to go back to it after 30 days.

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...dows-10-a.html
     
    Brink, Oct 12, 2015
    #71
  12. ROMAN KREJCI
    Roman Krejci Win User
    Thank you for the reply. Yes, its more than 30 days since the upgrade. Thats probably the reason. The old working winhlp32.exe was located there (the w10 variant is just a stub that does not do anything meaninful). I wish I knew the windows.old folder is going to be deleted because I did not make a copy of winhlp32.exe.
     
    Roman Krejci, Oct 12, 2015
    #72
  13. 1NITRAM2
    1nitram2 Win User

    Delete Windows.old Folder in Windows 10

    1nitram2, Oct 12, 2015
    #73
  14. ROMAN KREJCI
    Roman Krejci Win User
    Thank you! It worked, and this is what I need. How Microsoft thinks the users can live without legacy help system is beyond me. Thank again.
     
    Roman Krejci, Oct 12, 2015
    #74
  15. GORDO
    gordo Win User
    I tried all the suggestions and had no luck, tried IObit unlocker. which did the trick, I only had one file "INtcDAud" left after removing the all the others. saw it more as a challenge .
     
    gordo, Oct 19, 2015
    #75
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