Windows.old Folder - Delete

ICIT2LOL · 30 Jun 2017

THANK YOU! The unlocker program did the job; because of site confusion downloading I used this unlocker program IObit Unlocker, Solution for "undelete files or folders" Problems on Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP, 10 - IObit

Hiyya Strugglin mate IObits stuff in my mind causes more problems thta it is worth so be careful.

Struggling7 · 01 Jul 2017

ICIT2LOL said:

Hiyya Strugglin mate IObits stuff in my mind causes more problems thta it is worth so be careful.

Hi ICIT2LOL, thanks for warning but it’s been about 4 months since I used the unlocker and have not experienced any problems yet. Sorry if it caused you any problems or you have read of problems. If you know of any I should watch out for, please let me know.

By any chance you mean IObits stuff in general I will certainly be aware going forward. Thanks again.

Struggling7 · 01 Jul 2017

Umair444 said:

Thanks. It is very helpful. But this folder come again after a restart. I not want to delete this again and again using DOS. Is this problem is only in my system?

Just folder coming back or does it contain files? As I posted my windows.old and user folder within could not be removed, but properties of both was zero bytes. If I recall correctly, I had to unlock/delete folders/files from user main folder itself.

ICIT2LOL · 01 Jul 2017

By any chance you mean IObits stuff in general I will certainly be aware going forward. Thanks again.

Well let me put it like this I had it once a very long time ago and it was rubbish then and as far as I know still is - never going on any of my machines at least.

djbillyd · 02 Jul 2017

Brink said:

Hi Chris,

Other than having to approve the deletion for a few system files in that folder, I had no problems with just right clicking on it and deleting it. There have been quite a few people that have reported not to be able to do so though.

I, for one, found it almost impossible, except through "Disk Cleanup". It would always be the "Macromed", in the Sys32 folder, and the "Flash" folder. It's been a while since I worked in Windows 7, unfortunately, but that was my history with it.