can we delete windows.old folder? code example
Example 1: remove windows folder from old drive
Open a command line as administrator and copy these lines one by one:
Note: replace the folder address to the folder you want to remove
takeown /F "Z:\Program Files" /A /R /D Y
icacls "Z:\Program Files" /T /grant administrators:F
rd /s /q "Z:\Program Files"
if it didn't delete the folder fully do the steps again from top to buttom once more
Example 2: Can i remove Windows old folder
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As long as you have no plans to roll back to a previous version
you can delete using Disk Cleanup. (:
How to recover/restore your previous version of Windows
using the Rollback feature:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki/insider_wintp-insider_install/how-to-recover-restore-your-previous-version-of/76b6750c-5bb2-40bc-a7e3-f03cec62338b
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