Deleting"Windows.old"

FreeBooter · Oct 17, 2022

Try following commands:

Code:

Takeown  /f C:\Windows.old /r /d Y


Rd /s /q C:\Windows.old

Sammy888 · Oct 18, 2022

Dch48 said:
It gets deleted automatically after 10 days.

That makes sense!

Nod · Oct 19, 2022

Solved. Finally got rid of the "Windows.old" folder. Went into each folder and deleted what I could, then using CMD tried to delete the complete folder- no go then changed the folder from "read-only" after which it changed it's self back to Read-only. Then Ran SFC scannow, after which I checked "System > Storage > Temporary Files And there it was ready to be deleted - Removed files and checked C:\- NO Windows.old file. Only taken a couple of weeks.
Ps on my laptop Windows.old was able to be deleted after the 10 days via system/storage/temp files.
Thanks to all those that helped me.

Sammy888 · Oct 20, 2022

Nod said:
Solved. Finally got rid of the "Windows.old" folder. Went into each folder and deleted what I could, then using CMD tried to delete the complete folder- no go then changed the folder from "read-only" after which it changed it's self back to Read-only. Then Ran SFC scannow, after which I checked "System > Storage > Temporary Files And there it was ready to be deleted - Removed files and checked C:\- NO Windows.old file. Only taken a couple of weeks.
Ps on my laptop Windows.old was able to be deleted after the 10 days via system/storage/temp files.
Thanks to all those that helped me.

I'm glad you were able to delete the folder. Others have said that after about 10 days it disappears (on it's own). Is your experience different?