Delete Vista.old Directory

JB,

thanks! I had just completed that when the notification showed up in my
inbox. Now all I need to do is figure out what Vista did with my Outlook
2007 inbox, calendar and contact list (it was wiped out or hidden somewhere
when I installed Vista). If you have any suggestions, I'm all ears. The
Office Community guy that has been responding hasn't been much help - just
grumpy.


Thanks again!

Linda
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

> Linda wrote:

> > How do I go about deleting the Vista.old directory that was created when I
> > re-installed Vista? I've tried deleting the folder and all subfolders but
> > get an error message saying I don't have permission to delete. I've tried it
> > through the Control Panel as well.
> >
> > Any suggetions? I'd rather not have the extra junk on my hard drive. One
> > installation is enough.

>
> Hello,
>
> I believe the disk cleanup wizard will do it for you.
>
> - Click start
> - Type: Disk cleanup
> - Press enter
> - Click Files from all users on the computer
>
> - JB
>

Linda wrote:

> JB,
>
> thanks! I had just completed that when the notification showed up in my
> inbox. Now all I need to do is figure out what Vista did with my Outlook
> 2007 inbox, calendar and contact list (it was wiped out or hidden somewhere
> when I installed Vista). If you have any suggestions, I'm all ears. The
> Office Community guy that has been responding hasn't been much help - just
> grumpy.
>
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Linda
> "Jimmy Brush" wrote:
>

>> Linda wrote:

>>> How do I go about deleting the Vista.old directory that was created when I
>>> re-installed Vista? I've tried deleting the folder and all subfolders but
>>> get an error message saying I don't have permission to delete. I've tried it
>>> through the Control Panel as well.
>>>
>>> Any suggetions? I'd rather not have the extra junk on my hard drive. One
>>> installation is enough.

>> Hello,
>>
>> I believe the disk cleanup wizard will do it for you.
>>
>> - Click start
>> - Type: Disk cleanup
>> - Press enter
>> - Click Files from all users on the computer
>>
>> - JB
>>

I would look for it in the office-related subfolders of these locations:

c:\users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft

and

c:\users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft

Where USERNAME is your username.

(Note that this is a hidden folder. However, you can type it into the
location bar of windows explorer to get to it... just click in a blank
area so that the bar turns editable)

- JB

Thanks JB, I'll give it shot looking for my old Outlook stuff in the places
you've outlined below.

"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

> Linda wrote:

> > JB,
> >
> > thanks! I had just completed that when the notification showed up in my
> > inbox. Now all I need to do is figure out what Vista did with my Outlook
> > 2007 inbox, calendar and contact list (it was wiped out or hidden somewhere
> > when I installed Vista). If you have any suggestions, I'm all ears. The
> > Office Community guy that has been responding hasn't been much help - just
> > grumpy.
> >
> >
> > Thanks again!
> >
> > Linda
> > "Jimmy Brush" wrote:
> >

> >> Linda wrote:
> >>> How do I go about deleting the Vista.old directory that was created when I
> >>> re-installed Vista? I've tried deleting the folder and all subfolders but
> >>> get an error message saying I don't have permission to delete. I've tried it
> >>> through the Control Panel as well.
> >>>
> >>> Any suggetions? I'd rather not have the extra junk on my hard drive. One
> >>> installation is enough.
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I believe the disk cleanup wizard will do it for you.
> >>
> >> - Click start
> >> - Type: Disk cleanup
> >> - Press enter
> >> - Click Files from all users on the computer
> >>
> >> - JB
> >>

>
> I would look for it in the office-related subfolders of these locations:
>
> c:\users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft
>
> and
>
> c:\users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft
>
> Where USERNAME is your username.
>
> (Note that this is a hidden folder. However, you can type it into the
> location bar of windows explorer to get to it... just click in a blank
> area so that the bar turns editable)
>
> - JB
>