$windows.~bt

devildog93 · 15 Apr 2010

Anybody know what this folder might be from?

It is on my D:\ data partition. Apppears to be a windows folder, but I don't understand why it is on my D:\ drive. It's about 900MB in size.

screenshot of sub-folders:

Of course I have windows on my C:\ drive as well.

I haven't been looked on the D:\ for a while and never noticed this, till now.

Any ideas why it would be here and if it is not needed, can I delete safely?

My searches keep turning up BlueTooth threads.

The right click delete and rename options have the UAC sheild.

D93

Brink · 15 Apr 2010

Hello Jay,

These are log files that are created when a upgrade fails. It can safely be deleted if you like, but I would recommend reading the log files to see which update failed to correct that first.

Log files that are created when you upgrade to Windows Vista from an earlier version of Windows

Upgraded to Windows 7 from Vista?

Hope this helps,
Shawn

devildog93 · 15 Apr 2010

Brink said:

Hello Jay,

These are log files that are created when a upgrade fails. It can safely be deleted if you like, but I would recommend reading the log files to see which update failed to correct that first.

Log files that are created when you upgrade to Windows Vista from an earlier version of Windows

Upgraded to Windows 7 from Vista?

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Ok, thanks for the tip. I will read before just deleting, thanks Brink.

EDIT*****checked into date modified and it was from back in the day from an old Vista upgrade I think. Felt safe as I am on 7 now so I deleted. Everything seems fine.
Thanks again.

Brink · 15 Apr 2010

You're welcome Jay. :)

Stevy22 · 15 Apr 2010

Let me tell you, you Disable UAC in Windows 7 and then delete the file, it should delete it, there is nothing inside it.....

devildog93 · 15 Apr 2010

Stevy22 said:

Let me tell you, you Disable UAC in Windows 7 and then delete the file, it should delete it, there is nothing inside it.....

There were some .dll files. and a few others but I felt safe deleting it seeing I am on Win 7 now. I must have had that folder hidden and exposed it the other day.

I feel safe about it, thanks guys.