The windows.old folder can be moved to the Windows folder?

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• I can trash the Windows.old folder?

  If I'm happy to stay with Windows 10, I can delete the Windows.old folder? It contains 126 956 and 30.1 GB files.

  If I do not need, could reclaim that space.

  Hello:

  If you are absolutely sure you don't need all the files in this folder and that you're absolutely sure that you do not want to return to your previous operating system (or you have recovery discs that can give in any case), then Yes you can delete the Windows.old folder.

  Here's how...

  Run the disk cleanup utility.  Let him do the disk cleanup window.

  Then on the left side of the bottom of the window, click clean up system files.

  Then he turns again and arrives at the disk cleanup window, and you can check all the boxes to remove the files.  One of them will be the windows.old folder.

• How can I load Windows Mail on Win 7 system of the windows.old folder

  How can I load Windows Mail on Win 7 system of the windows.old file win7 made during installation.

  Windows 7 does not include an email Client.

  You have great choices of Email client
  MS Outlook (continued from part of MS Office)
  Windows Live Mail
  Thunderbird

  To download and install Windows Live Mail:
  http://download.live.com/wlmail
  During installation, you will receive a list of programs to install, choose "E-mail" buy uncheck all items except "Mail".

  Mail from Vista to Windows 7 Live Mail:
  Look for the following folders in the Windows.old folder.

  (1) find the program files > Windows Mail
  (2) copy all files and folders in Windows Mail folder to a new folder (name the folder: VistaMailExport)
  (3) in Windows Live Mail, use the "Import" and point to the folder "VistaMailExport".

  Import your emails, contacts and calendar in Windows Live Mail
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/importing-your-e-mail-contacts-and-calendar-into-Windows-Live-Mail

  Thunderbird:
  http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-us/Thunderbird/

  Public discussion group Windows Live Mail:
  News://msnews.Microsoft.com/Microsoft.public.Windows.live.mail.desktop

  JS
  http://www.PAGESTART.com

  Never be afraid to ask. This forum has some of the best people in the world to help.

• I had to install a fresh install of Win7 on a Win7 computer. Old settings are in the Windows.old folder. How can I migrate the old settings for new install?

  I tried to 'upgrade' a Win7 installation using a valid Win7 upgrade CD. Because the current version is newer than the CD, it would not be upgraded. I created an installation on the old HDD. All my old programs are still on the HARD drive. I have the Windows.old folder on the HARD disk. I backed up the My Documents folder with all my data. It is now restored. I need to get the old registry settings in the registry again so I did not reinstall all my programs. How can I do this?

  Unfortunately, you will need to reinstall all your programs from their original installation discs.

  What you should have done was to download a current copy of the edition of Windows 7, you have a license for Service Pack 1 integrated and do an upgrade of the repair.

  Unfortunately, it's too late now, since you seem to have done a custom installation.

• How to delete Windows.old, I can't delete the Windows.old folder after doing a system recovery

  I have changed the ownership of the folder but still cannot delete as usual windows can only slow progress.

  The following may help: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/How-do-I-remove-the-Windows-old-folder?

• Hello... can I remove the windows.old folder?

  IM installing my windows 8 from the installation of costum (im not not formatting my hard drives).
  some of the software I used was installed there. but since unneed software is much more software I've used, I want to
  to remove this file... it is therefore normal to remove this folder? If so, how?

  Hello

  Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Community Forums.

  No need to worry, we're here to help you and guide you in the right direction.

  The windows.old folder is the old system files. Be sure to copy all the files that you can out of the Windows.old folder before you delete it. Once deleted, they are gone. You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to do the steps.

  The Windows.old folder contains the following folders:

  • Windows
  • "Documents and Settings".
  • "Program Files."

  The Windows folder stores mainly programs and files that are required to run the previous version of Windows.

  The "Documents and Settings" folder stores mainly the 'My Documents' folder and the Favorites folder. In addition, the "Documents and Settings" folder stores the office files that have been used by the previous version of Windows.

  The "Program Files" folder stores mainly programs have been installed on the earlier version of Windows.

  There are two ways to delete the windows.old folder. Here is the simple step.

  Method 1: Delete the C drive.

  (a) open Windows Explorer, click computer.

  (b) select C drive and you will find the Windows.old folder.

  (c) make a right click on the folder and click Remove.

   

  Method 2: Remove the "Windows.old" folder using disk cleanup

  (a) open Disk Cleanup by clicking on the button Windows + C to open the bar of charms. Click on the charm of the Search .

  (b) type cleanmgr in Search Applications box in the right pane, and then click cleanmgr.exe (disk cleanup) in the left pane to open it.

  (c) If you are prompted to choose a drive, click the drive that you have just installed Windows on and then click OK.

  (d) in the Disk Cleanup dialog box, on the Disk Cleanup tab, click clean up system files.

  (e) If you are again prompted to choose a drive, click the drive that you have just installed Windows on and then click OK.

  (f) select the Previous Windows installations check box and the other check boxes for files that you want to remove, and then click OK.

  (g) in the message that appears, click delete files.

  Let us know the status of the issue. If you need help, I'll be more than happy to help you.

• Can I delete the iin Windows 7 Windows.old folder to free up disk space?

  I have just completed a full install of win 7, I was told this would save my old installation of victory as windows.old, I can remove this folder to free up disk space

  Yes, you can, but make sure that all important data is copied to.

  How can I delete Windows.old folder? -Microsoft Corporation...

• Is it safe to restore the Windows.old folder?

  BACKGROUND:

  I have a Dell Studio 540 in Windows Vista Ultimate which suddenly crashed, then wouldn't restart, saying: "no available boot device." Apparently, the hard drive boot sector had been corrupted. After of the painstaking efforts to save as many as possible training and have unsuccessfully using CHKDSK or Seagate tools to repair the drive, I finally resorted to a clean reinstall using the Dell OEM Windows Vista reinstallation disc. I chose the option to move all old files/folders in a folder Windows.old and I am now able to start Windows. However, all settings prerequisites, programs, files and folders from the previous installation are still in the Windows.old folder. For now, I run a full CHKDSK again (and he says 'Corrupt file attribute Deleting the file record segment X X' so I hope that some repairs happens)...
  But what I would do, if possible and if it will not cause problems, use the instructions in this MS support article "how to restore a computer to a previous Windows installation after you install Windows Vista." But before I do that, my question is the following:
  QUESTION:
  If I had to do a reinstall of Vista due to damage/corruption of the hard drive, and if all what information has been moved to the folder Windows.old during this process, is it possible that restore the folder Windows.old to the previous installation would restore any damage/corruption existed, thus causing the problem to return or make things worse? Or should I not worry about the restoration of the old "problem"?

  Hello

  You can use the restore feature if the previous installation was good.

  It is not in your case; If this isn't an option for you.

  You can use the windows.old folder to retrieve your data.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/932912

  But the programs must be reinstalled form the original media.

  And when you're done with the windows.olf folder you can delete.

  "How to use the disk cleanup feature to delete the Windows.old folder after you install Windows Vista"

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/930527

  And it is perhaps an idea to run Dell Diagnostics and eventually replace your drive hard if it comes up with errors.

  http://support.Dell.com/support/eDOCS/systems/WS340/en/UG/DIAGS.htm

  See you soon.

• files and folders in the windows.old folder missing

  Recently, I updated my windows 8. (a day and a half)

  Today I was moving the content in the folder windows.old to the other locations, (4 ~ 5 h ago)

  Suddenly, after the computer has restarted, the content in the windows.old folder disappeared except for users and windows folders.

  I copy the files from windows.old/Program files and I don't know that I do not delete the folder by myself.

  I read previous posting on similar problems, but that's because they kept their too long files or their disk space was not enough.

  But I have enough space in my C drive and just refreshed 1 ~ 2 days ago.

  I did not drive or any cleaning that is.

  It is unreasonable to a system to remove the backup files after a few days without noticing.

  Please let me know how to solve this problem and to recover these files.

  There are a lot of files in the previous program files, I need to recover the precious.

  Hi Junwhan,

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  I can understand the importance of data could be in the Windows.old folder and we regret the inconvenience.

  Yes, Windows 8 has a new timer feature which will automatically delete Windows.old files after a period of 4 weeks since the upgrade. The idea is to avoid the waste of space giving you plenty of time to get what you need out of the folder and delete those that sit for months or even years.

  Since it's just been 1-2 days of update process, you can activate the "hidden objects" to see if the Windows.old files appear.

  As you open the file Explorer, click view and check the hidden items

  In addition, if you use third-party antivirus program control the log of activities see if there is any action taken at the time where the files have disappeared.  Most of the antivirus program automatically deletes the default files. You can change these settings, however, it is not recommended.

  If you use the default, Windows Defender (WD) on Windows 8.1 then WD has real-time analysis allow by default. Refer to this link: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/wiki/protect_defender-protect_start/windows-defender-on-windows-8-introduction-and/f1e00106-6687-4efe-9ec0-ed9f72fabb92

  Check the history of Windows Defender:

  1. Type of user interface modern Windows defender.

  2. Click Windows Defender.

  3. Click the history tab, and then click Details.

  4. Check Date and time if you find any virus.

  Note: The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  Hope this information is useful. Please feel free to answer in the case where you are facing in the future other problems with Windows.

• I am a novice on computers. When I click to open a folder, how do I open this folder so the messages can be moved to it?

  What can I say? I click on 'folder '. The folder appears in my list of files - but
  What are the measures to take to OPEN this folder so that messages can be moved to it?

  Don't know what files you're talking about. The normal folders that appear in the window of Thunderbird Folders pane do not require opening and the drag and drop or pass to the method is the way it works.

  If you try to move to a folder outside your Thunderbird profile I can't help you.

• How can I recover Favorites and passwords after a change of operating system and older programs are listed in a windows.old folder?

  Recently, I had a fatal crash of my Windows XP Pro system. I clean installed Vista (would not allow an upgrade installation), and it offers all my settings and programs in a windows.old folder. I wish I could recover my passwords stored (even if I have to go manually) and my favorites for Firefox. I was running version 4 at the time of the accident of the o/s. Thanks for any help you can provide.

  Just as I expected. Before you follow my instructions, you may need to change your folder options to show hidden files. Now go to:

  C:/Windows.old/documents and Settings / < user on XP name > / Application Data

  And copy the text to the Mozilla folder for

  C:/Users / < username on Vista > / AppData/Roaming/Mozilla

  If the Mozilla folder does not exist, create it.

  Now in C:/windows.old/Documents and Settings / < user name on XP > / Local Settings/Application Data

  And copy the text within the Mozilla folder in

  C:/Users / < username on Vista > / AppData/Local/Mozilla

  Yet once, if the Mozilla folder does not exist, create it and rename it to Mozilla.

  I hope this helps!
  handsomeorlandoman

• Cannot delete the Windows.old folder

  Original title: when starting to write %systemdrive%\ and when write % WinDir % I have a windows.old file. How do I delete this file with the right path and the directory within the hour? When do right click I don't have option and is not simply to remove

  The question about the title.

  Hello
  1. do you reinstall the operating system?
  2. If so, was your previous Windows XP operating system?
  Windows.Old is created when the operating system is reinstalled. It may contain important data of the installation previous this is why it is advisable to back up the data before you delete the Windows.old folder.
   
  Simple is to delete the Windows.old folder using disk cleanup.
   
  How can I remove the Windows.old folder?
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/how-do-I-remove-the-Windows-old-folder
  (Link is mainly for Windows 7, but must also be good for Windows VIsta)
  
   
  Aziz Nadeem - Microsoft Support

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• Remove the My Documents Windows.old folder

  I tried unsuccessfully to delete the windows.old folder and files. I used cleaning disc, using the rd as an administrator, even went safe mode but all without success. It is said several times that I'm not allowed to delete many files. Any help would be greatly appreciated this folder takes over 12 GB of my drive.

  Here is another method that I found for you. It seems to fit to your not having is not the scenario of permission. Open the link below, the 1st half is not good because you have already tried it.
  Scroll down the page until you see:
  Alternatively, you can also use a command prompt to delete files and folders from an earlier installation of Windows Vista.
  Start from there. Here is the link : http://www.winvistaclub.com/f36.html

  Note: in case you don't know what's guest...
  Start button > Search box, type cmd > right click on cmd.exe in the upper part, click Run as administrator.
  Now, try to follow the instructions in the link.
  Important: You will be asked to 'type' a few lines of command... Do not.
  Copy and paste the command line instead of the.
  Good luck.

  I've never had to do. If you have any problem with the instructions, I may or may not be able to help.
  Just to let you know.

  t-4-2

• Delete the windows.old folder/files? And what is their purpose?

  Remove the windows.old folder?  What is the purpose of this anyway?

  The windows.old folder contains the files of the previous OS. (aka if you upgrade to win7 Vista, the windows.old folder contains the old Vista OS)

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• I installed windows 7. In the old version of win xp, I got an anti virus, but I cannot replace it in the windows.old folder

  I installed windows 7. In the old version of win xp, I got an anti virus, but I cannot replace it in the windows.old folder

  You cannot extract a whole program from the Windows.old folder, it is used to recover individual files.

  You must reinstall the antivirus from the original media. Most AV programs can be downloaded from the Web

  Consider installing Microsoft's Security Essentials Antivirus program. It is clean, simple and free.