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  1. Layback Bear
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    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
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  3. bachware
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    Tower: 7 Pro; Laptop: Win 7x64/Win10x64 multiboot
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    In my case, I got a slew of errors like this:

    windows.old\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\Dot4.sys - Access is denied.
    windows.old\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\Dot4Prt.sys - Access is denied.
    windows.old\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\Dot4usb.sys - Access is denied.
    windows.old\WINDOWS\System32\DRIVER~1\FILERE~1\DOT4~2.INF\x64\Dot4.sys - Access is denied.
    windows.old\WINDOWS\System32\DRIVER~1\FILERE~1\DOT4~2.INF\x64\Dot4usb.sys - Access is denied.
    windows.old\WINDOWS\System32\DRIVER~1\FILERE~1\DOT4PR~2.INF\x64\Dot4Prt.sys - Access is denied.

    Turned out that my DOT4 printer was on, and though the WINDOWS.OLD file's driver set shouldn't've been in use, when I turned it off, then the deletion of WINDOWS.OLD was instant.
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  4. shnako
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    Windows 10
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    bachware said:
    In my case, I got a slew of errors like this:

    windows.old\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\Dot4.sys - Access is denied.
    windows.old\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\Dot4Prt.sys - Access is denied.
    windows.old\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\Dot4usb.sys - Access is denied.
    windows.old\WINDOWS\System32\DRIVER~1\FILERE~1\DOT4~2.INF\x64\Dot4.sys - Access is denied.
    windows.old\WINDOWS\System32\DRIVER~1\FILERE~1\DOT4~2.INF\x64\Dot4usb.sys - Access is denied.
    windows.old\WINDOWS\System32\DRIVER~1\FILERE~1\DOT4PR~2.INF\x64\Dot4Prt.sys - Access is denied.

    Turned out that my DOT4 printer was on, and though the WINDOWS.OLD file's driver set shouldn't've been in use, when I turned it off, then the deletion of WINDOWS.OLD was instant.
    Thanks so much! My HP wireless printer was always on and preventing me from deleting it. Would have never thought of this ...
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