LiquidStool Posted December 14, 2010 Member ID: 508 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 4 Topic Count: 140 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 472 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 38 Achievement Points: 5787 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/25/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7, 2016 Birthday: 01/20/1969 Posted December 14, 2010 Hey, i've recently made a system image and ran across this windows.old folder, like a turd i forgot to delete that folder when i made the system image a while back. I've tried to delete that mf folder, rename it etc but it keeps sayin that it's either in use by another program (it's not) or that i need administrator rights to delete it, i'm tha computer administrator right? i have an adminstrators user account so why can't i delete it? this thing is headin toward 50gb and while it's not a bother, i'd like it gone. how?? thannks guys
ROCKAPE Posted December 14, 2010 Member ID: 4 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 172 Topic Count: 1107 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 5185 Content Per Day: 0.90 Reputation: 3128 Achievement Points: 43910 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 15 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 12 hours ago Birthday: 08/16/1967 Device: Linux Posted December 14, 2010 Try this:- Click on Start/All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Disc CleanupWhen the dialog box comes up, select the drive that has the .old files on it and click OKThe system then scans for the files to be cleaned up and another dialog box opens with the selection. Click on the button labeled Clean up system files at the bottom of that dialog box.Another dialog box will come up, select the drive again that has the .old files on it. The system will perform another scan for the system files that need to be cleaned up.After scanning, another dialog box opens up and there you will find a list of check boxes. Scroll through and check on the box labeled Older versions of Windows and click OK.That should take care of them. It might help. Awards
LiquidStool Posted December 14, 2010 Member ID: 508 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 4 Topic Count: 140 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 472 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 38 Achievement Points: 5787 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/25/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7, 2016 Birthday: 01/20/1969 Author Posted December 14, 2010 thanks for that bud - it's gotten rid of most of the files inside, but the folder its self is still there, contains prgram files (x86)/ firefox & windows live. gotten rid of close on 48gb, valuable room that is better served for storing porno! Any idea why the file still won't delete though?
Ph4nt0m Posted December 14, 2010 Member ID: 1 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 39 Topic Count: 162 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1909 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 121 Achievement Points: 11489 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/06/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 4, 2020 Birthday: 06/28/1975 Posted December 14, 2010 In Windows 7 or Vista with UAC enabled, your not actually logged in as Administrator, thats why when you try to run certain software it pops up a window asking for you to provide administrator permission for it to run, The .old folder you have still has some user rights assigned to it from your old install somehow, so you can't delete it because you don't own it any more, Try right clicking the folder and see if there is an option for you to "Take Ownership", if there is then choose this, once the file and folder permissions have been reset and your account is the owner of the folder, you should be able to simply delete it,
LiquidStool Posted December 16, 2010 Member ID: 508 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 4 Topic Count: 140 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 472 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 38 Achievement Points: 5787 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/25/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 7, 2016 Birthday: 01/20/1969 Author Posted December 16, 2010 ahh - bloody UAC!! thanks for that Phantom, preciated
Tball Posted December 16, 2010 Member ID: 112 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 104 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1132 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 228 Achievement Points: 6975 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 3, 2015 Birthday: 10/09/1960 Posted December 16, 2010 or boot up in safe mode and then remove it
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