I updated the owner of my PC to my local account, yet I’m unable to remove windows.old.

F5F Stay Refreshed Software Operating Systems I updated the owner of my PC to my local account, yet I’m unable to remove windows.old.

Gunthek
Junior Member

02-24-2023, 09:45 PM

When attempting to remove windows.old, it prompts for permission tied to your current account. You may need to adjust the owner to a different user account.

Gunthek

02-24-2023, 09:45 PM #1

When attempting to remove windows.old, it prompts for permission tied to your current account. You may need to adjust the owner to a different user account.

_Gay__Lord_
Member

02-25-2023, 02:16 AM

Find instructions on removing the old folder in Windows 7 from the official support site.

_Gay__Lord_

02-25-2023, 02:16 AM #2

Find instructions on removing the old folder in Windows 7 from the official support site.

Ungeheuer12345
Junior Member

02-25-2023, 08:30 AM

Don't remove that folder. Perform a disk cleanup. Making a manual deletion will not guarantee all registry records and related files from the Windows.old folder are also removed.

Ungeheuer12345

02-25-2023, 08:30 AM #3

Don't remove that folder. Perform a disk cleanup. Making a manual deletion will not guarantee all registry records and related files from the Windows.old folder are also removed.