cant delete windows.old (no longer located in C:\.)


  1. feardaduck
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    cant delete windows.old (no longer located in C:\.)


    windows.old is in my c drive. everytime i try to delete it it says windows.old is no longer located in c:\. drive. i have no files in it except files in SecuRom folder that are
    1: ЃϵϳЅЂϿϽϯІχϯπρЂϻϵЉЃϵϳЅ
    2: ЃϵϳЅЂϿϽϯІχϯπρϴϱЄϱЃϵϳЅ
    they are u only files still in windows.old disk cleanup trick doesnt work. i want to delete the FOLDER and everything in it, not just the files.
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  3. MvdB
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    Hello Fear da Duck.. welcome to SF!

    Try again with this admin user: Built-in Administrator Account - Enable or Disable
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  4. Brink
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    Hello Fear da Duck, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    In addition, you might see if using OPTION TWO in the tutorial below to delete the folder from a command prompt at boot may work for you.

    Windows.old Folder - Delete
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  6. MvdB
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    Brink said:
    Hello Fear da Duck, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    In addition, you might see if using OPTION TWO in the tutorial below to delete the folder from a command prompt at boot may work for you.

    Windows.old Folder - Delete
    @ Brink, Ok, I surrender You know your own tut's better than I do... anyway, hope either of these help...
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  7. Brink
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    All input and help is welcomed Mark. :)
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  8. IT and PC
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    Window 7 Ultimate 64-bit
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    How to delete Window.old folder


    This folder, after Disk Cleanup has been used & system reboots, can be removed by using SHIFT+DEL.
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