$Windows.~WS & $WINDOWS.~BT Folders in root C: drive


  1. Sylveon Fetish
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
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    $Windows.~WS & $WINDOWS.~BT Folders in root C: drive


    I have two folders that mysteriously showed up on my Windows 7 PC. They were not there a few weeks ago but they are there now.


    These folders are named $Windows.~WS and $WINDOWS.~BT and both contain files relating to something called "Panther"


    Googling the names of these folders reveals that these files are related to Windows 10! Except I have Windows 7 and Windows 10 has never been on this computer ever, and definitely not in the last few weeks!


    There is nothing regarding these folders on a Windows 7 machine, literally every result pertains to Windows 10, NOT Windows 7!


    What should I do with these?
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  3. samuria
    Posts : 3,788
    win 8 32 bit
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    They are folders as part oof the upgrade to windows 10 it looks like its trying to upgrade to win10
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