How to remove Old Windows folder

One thing that worked for me - try going into the Windows.old folder and
copying the folders within into another folder that you create on the
desktop. It'll let you move the files fine (but not delete), so if you go
into the folder on your desktop where you moved them, you can delete them.

Strage I know, but that worked for me. On my other machine, taking ownership
worked for it.

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"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> You could try a combination of things, format the partition its on, take
> ownership of the folder, log into the Administrator account in Safe mode
> and try deleting the file.
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> Andre
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> "Tony" <tballa02@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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>> Any one know how to remove the old windows folder
>>

>
>

Tried all that no go
Signed as admin and still cant

"Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> One thing that worked for me - try going into the Windows.old folder and
> copying the folders within into another folder that you create on the
> desktop. It'll let you move the files fine (but not delete), so if you go
> into the folder on your desktop where you moved them, you can delete them.
>
> Strage I know, but that worked for me. On my other machine, taking
> ownership worked for it.
>
> --
> Zack Whittaker
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> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
> not
> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
> --: Original message follows :--
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OwHj7pQWGHA.2080@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> You could try a combination of things, format the partition its on, take
>> ownership of the folder, log into the Administrator account in Safe mode
>> and try deleting the file.
>> --
>> --
>> Andre
>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>
>> "Tony" <tballa02@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:3AD066C3-2176-4C92-9512-8D721F749441@microsoft.com...

>>> Any one know how to remove the old windows folder
>>>

>>
>>

>
>

If you can manage to delete everything inside the folder - what I had to do
was just hide the Windows.old (and the Windows.old.000...) folder so that it
wouldn't appear!

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that up!

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"t" <a@a.com> wrote in message news:Ox$WJWYWGHA.3660@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Tried all that no go
> Signed as admin and still cant
>
> "Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:eV52g6QWGHA.4572@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> One thing that worked for me - try going into the Windows.old folder and
>> copying the folders within into another folder that you create on the
>> desktop. It'll let you move the files fine (but not delete), so if you go
>> into the folder on your desktop where you moved them, you can delete
>> them.
>>
>> Strage I know, but that worked for me. On my other machine, taking
>> ownership worked for it.
>>
>> --
>> Zack Whittaker
>> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
>> not
>> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
>> that up!
>>
>> --: Original message follows :--
>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OwHj7pQWGHA.2080@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>> You could try a combination of things, format the partition its on, take
>>> ownership of the folder, log into the Administrator account in Safe mode
>>> and try deleting the file.
>>> --
>>> --
>>> Andre
>>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>>
>>> "Tony" <tballa02@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:3AD066C3-2176-4C92-9512-8D721F749441@microsoft.com...
>>>> Any one know how to remove the old windows folder
>>>>
>>>
>>>

>>
>>

>
>

Zack Whittaker wrote:

> If you can manage to delete everything inside the folder - what I had to do
> was just hide the Windows.old (and the Windows.old.000...) folder so that it
> wouldn't appear!
>

I used robocopy to mirror an empty folder over the top of it.

I took ownership of it, then deleted in in safe mode (some files were still
locked in normal mode)
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