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    Deleting Window.old folder

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Emerican_Idiot, Jun 11, 2009.

  1. Emerican_Idiot

    Emerican_Idiot Notebook Consultant

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    Is there a special way I should delete the folder or should I just treat it as a normal file?
     
    Emerican_Idiot, Jun 11, 2009
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  2. makaveli72

    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    I believe I deleted mine by going to my C: drive in My Computer, right click it and select Properties; then select Disk Cleanup and then Clean up system files. The Windows.old file should appear in the list to be deleted.

    I don't know if this is a special way of doing it, but as far as I can remember that's the how I saw it in the first place and deleted it from there. Nevertheless it shouldn't be any different by just browsing to the folder location itself and deleting it there.
     
    makaveli72, Jun 11, 2009
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  3. sateesh_p

    sateesh_p Notebook Guru

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    Even I deleted using "Disck clean up" under C: drive properties. That way Windows knows what it is doing and it can remove any other references to these files.
     
    sateesh_p, Jun 12, 2009
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