re: Can't delete windows.old folder
Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Windows 7 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Bongzki
(2 messages posted)
I've got the same problem with the Windows 7 RC operating system. When I tried to
delete Windows.old folder, it seems that it's really deleting it, (as indicated in
the pop-up box telling "Recyling items.....), but then after a minute or two a message
appears that the files is no longer located in C:\ or sumthing like that. The option
is Try again or Cancel, when i choose Try again, it just repeat the deletion process
and the same message after awhile. Well, i thought it deleted the windows.old already
but when i check the folder and its contents they are still there.
In Windows 7 Beta, I managed to delete the windows.old folder with no problem at
all.
On Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 3:10 pm, Dexter273 wrote:
>I just recently manually installed Windows 7 and the installation appears to have
>gone smoothly, but the only problem is I can't seem to get rid of my windows.old
>folder which still has all my old programs and files (about 140+ gigs). Microsoft
>help says you can easily do it through disk cleanup, but when I try that, it doesn't
>even give me the option of deleting the windows.old folder. When I try to manually
>delete the folder I get all sorts of administration errors saying I can't do that,
>or that only SYSTEM is allowed to make changes. I'm hardly a computer wiz, so simple
>explanations are appreciated :)
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