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I can't delete Windows.old folders
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<blockquote data-quote="Rishi" data-source="post: 501440" data-attributes="member: 46160"><p>You can take ownership in the right click properties>security>permissions>edit adding your local user, starting from the lowest level ---> files --->subfolders---> root directory, this is the best way to manually remove the files.</p><p></p><p>You can also use the registry hack for context menu ----> Take ownership <a href="http://www.askvg.com/add-take-ownership-option-in-file-folder-context-menu-in-windows-vista/" target="_blank">[Tip] Add “Take Ownership” Option in Files and Folders Context Menu in Windows - AskVG</a></p><p></p><p>A couple of more methods aimed at doing the same can be found here : <a href="http://www.tenforums.com/performance-maintenance/41312-cant-delete-windows-old-folder-subfolders.html" target="_blank">Solved Can't Delete Windows.old folder or subfolders. - Windows 10 Forums</a></p><p></p><p>These include using elevated cmd or distros to release the previous windows drivers held captive by microsoft renaming scheme.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rishi, post: 501440, member: 46160"] You can take ownership in the right click properties>security>permissions>edit adding your local user, starting from the lowest level ---> files --->subfolders---> root directory, this is the best way to manually remove the files. You can also use the registry hack for context menu ----> Take ownership [URL='http://www.askvg.com/add-take-ownership-option-in-file-folder-context-menu-in-windows-vista/'][Tip] Add “Take Ownership” Option in Files and Folders Context Menu in Windows - AskVG[/URL] A couple of more methods aimed at doing the same can be found here : [URL='http://www.tenforums.com/performance-maintenance/41312-cant-delete-windows-old-folder-subfolders.html']Solved Can't Delete Windows.old folder or subfolders. - Windows 10 Forums[/URL] These include using elevated cmd or distros to release the previous windows drivers held captive by microsoft renaming scheme. [/QUOTE]
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