Win XP: Remove the 'System' of the 'My Documents' folder attribute

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• Try to remove the Windows.old folder and receive 0x801F0004 error message.

  Error 0x801F0004, ban the fast i/o for this operation path

  Upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 to the custom help, but do not reformat or distribution of the drive... found the orginal ok data and also a windows.old folder... impossible to remove completely this folder, even with hidden files, showing its empty but says 6 files are present... the mistake of deleting I get is... Error 0x801F0004, banning the path of fast i/o for this operation and will not delete the folder.  Any ideas on how to remove the windows.old folder?  Windows 7 works very well, if not more quickly then Vista.

  Hi L111,.

  Welcome to the Microsoft Answers site!

  Try the following steps to delete the windows.old folder.

  1. open Disk Cleanup by clicking the Start button. In the search box, type Disk Cleanup, and then in the list of results, click Disk Cleanup.

  If you are prompted to choose a drive, click the drive that you installed Windows, and then click OK.

  2. in the Disk Cleanup dialog box, on the Disk Cleanup tab, click clean up system files.

  If you are prompted to choose a drive, click the drive that you installed Windows, and then click OK.

  3. Select the Previous Windows installations check box and the other check boxes for files that you want to remove, and then click OK.

  4. in the message that appears, click delete files.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/how-do-I-remove-the-Windows-old-folder

  Hope this has been helpful.

  Kind regards
  Bindu S - Microsoft Support
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• How can I remove the old Windows folder to a different drive?

  Original title: Old files Windows, Program Files, etc.

  I tried to use before Disk Cleanup and it worked, and I haven't run a complete installation.

  I'm having a problem now, this time, and I did a full install.  Disk Cleanup doesn't show any options to remove an old Windows as it did before.

  How can I remove the old Windows folder to a different drive?  I also try to remove the Program Files folder, as well as with an implementation since.

  It is showing an error message "I need to be in the Administrators group ~", and that TrustedInstaller is owner of the present.

  I have a question that "TrustedInstaller" has full authority on the file system, and 'Administrators' has limited access.

  I noticed that there are other three to make a total of four names of users who have all or nearly full access to the file system.

  Can it be fixed... it's pretty annoying to see this continue..., strictly through Windows Update.

  I look forward to your reply.

  Hi Morgan,.

  I suggest you check out the link to delete the Windows.old folder.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/930527/en-us

  Note: Applies to Windows 7.

  For more information on granting permissions and the taking of property, see the links.

  What are the permissions?

  "Access denied" or other errors in the access to or work with files and folders in Windows

  Ownership of a file from command line:

  To do:
  
  a. go in > start > all programs > Accessories
  b. right click on prompt and then click Run as administrator.
  c. type the following command and press ENTER:
  
  takeown /f r d y
  
  d. to assign administrators group full control to the folder permissions, use the following syntax:
  
  ICACLS /grant administrators: F/t

  The /T parameter is added so that the operation is performed through all subdirectories and the files in this folder.

  For more information on the above commands, run these commands from a command prompt window.

  takeown /?
  ICACLS /?

  Please post back with the results and we will be happy to help you further.

• 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.

• Are there any newspaper to remove the file or folder in windows xp?

  HII,
  Is there any newspaper to remove the file or folder to replace in laptopwith windows want to see when it is removed or replaced.or as I want to go where it is removed? And which user delete it.for e.g. If some a delete directly from network so where I can see my PC or help network me p.c.Please I want to find which delete some important files?

  Hi Julie Theiler,.
   
  Unfortunately there is no such feature which keeps track of the information of deleted files. However, you can check the trash on the network to see if the deleted file's still in there.
   
  For more information about restoring files in the Recycle Bin, see:
  To remove or restore files in the Recycle Bin

• When searching for files in Windows Explorer (WIN 7), can the railways under folder reading "c:\help\me\please" instead of "Please (c:\help\me)?

  When searching for files in Windows Explorer (WIN 7), can the railways under folder reading "c:\help\me\please" instead of "Please (c:\help\me)?

  Thank you!

  What you can do is to do a search, right-click on any column heading (for example name, folder, etc.), and then click "Folder path" from the list that appears.  You can also click to turn off the folder.  The next time you're looking for in this area, this column of path of the folder should appear.  You can drag the columns in a different order also.

• How can I remove the blocked documents in the printer queue in Windows 7

  How can I remove the blocked documents in the printer queue in Windows 7?

  Follow the sequence:

  1. go to start-> type services.msc-> press on enter.
  2. search for the print spooler service. Double click on it and click on stop under service status.
  3. navigate to the following location: C:\Windows\system32\spool\PRINTERS
  4 remove all files in the folder.
  5. now, even once, go to the print spooler service properties dialog box and press start under the service status.
  
  This should clear all files in the print queue.

• Why Windows 8 allow me to remove the Windows.old folder?

  I upgraded my computer to Windows 7 to Windows 8, a few months ago, when Windows 8 came. It is my understanding that when you perform an upgrade of Windows from one version to the other, it can save a lot of files and folders under the folder Windows.old. And I understand that you can delete the Windows.old folder.

  In other words, I don't think.

  The reason why I do not think it is because whenever I tried to delete Windows.old, it stops for me with this error:

  

  And when I said to 'Try Again' he begins from the beginning? HE DOES ALL THIS TIME! This should not do this, as I did do procedure on other machines that I've updated and he's NEVER done that, but not on this machine? Why in hell does?

  Hi Rod

  You must use the disk cleanup utility to remove the Windows.old folder. See the following article for step by step instructions.

  How to remove the Windows.old folder

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/how-remove-Windows-old-folder

  Concerning

• How can I remove the default documents that come with a new Send on behalf of the Signature? (I9, W9, W4, etc..) These are old and obsolete, so I don't want those who will appear for selection.

  How can I remove the default documents that come with a new Send on behalf of Signature (EchoSign)? (I9, W9, W4, etc..) These are old and obsolete, so I don't want those who will appear for selection.

  With the account of the company, you will get an option to remove these forms.

  Pro account you will need to contact the support team EchoSign

  With the free account, it is not possible.

• move the My Documents folder to another drive

  Hello! I just upgraded to Win XP Pro for Win 7 x 64. no problems! I would like to move the My Documents folder, my drive C on my drive D. I was able to do under XP, but do not know the procedure for win 7? No information or advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

  The My Documents folder is part of Windows 7 new document library. A library combines several folders that contain similar file types.

  To move your documents to the D drive:

  1. create a new folder of documents on the D drive.
  2. right click on the new folder and click include in library > Documents .
  3. click on Start > Documents .
  4. double-click My Documents to display its content.
  5 drag and drop the files to the new folder.
  6. press F5 to refresh the view.
  7. in the document library , click locations .
  8. right click on the new folder, and then click set as default save location .
  9. [optional] click My Documents , and then click Remove .
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• How can I move the "Virtual Machines" folder to the My Documents folder?

  VMwareFusion is to put the "Virtual Machines" folder in the Documents folder in the home folder (/users/ [username] / Documents), how can I move elsewhere (as/Library/Application Support)? The user Documents folder is not the right place for automated it system files, it is intended for personal documents.

  
  

  I am running VMware Fusion on OS X Yosemite (and the virtual machine is Windows 7).

  You can keep your virtual machines anywhere you want. Here are the steps to move:

  1 exit VMware Fusion. You can stop first of all of your running virtual machines.

  2. drag your virtual computers folder or the individual VM "files" where you / them. Filenames usually end in ".vmwarevm". There is no need to call the new folder "Virtual Machines" - you can call it anything you like.

  3. Launch VMware Fusion. If the library of the Virtual Machine window is not open, open it (Windows menu-> Virtual Machine library).

  4. ensure that all of your icons for the virtual machine are light gray and say "file not found".

  5. right click on each virtual machine in turn, and select Remove. When you are done, leave the window of Machine virtual library empty open.

  6. in the Finder, drag the icons of file virtual machine in their new location and drop them in library of virtual machines VMware Fusion window. Drop them one by one in the original order, you got, or rearrange icons later.

  7. run your virtual machines as before.

  When you create new virtual computers, navigate to the desired file before the Save.

  IMPORTANT NOTE: If you your folder of Machines ~/Documents/Virtual excluded from backups Time Machine, don't forget to change the exclusion to the new folder.

  Time Machine backups are not reliable for virtual machines. You must have another strategy. (I shut the virtual machine down, compress the 'file', and then move the compressed file to a folder that is included in the Time Machine backups. This isn't the only strategy, but it works for me.)

• Kill the "My Documents" folder in Windows Explorer for XP

  Whenever I have called Windows Explorer in my copy of XP and then click on 'Files', the 'My Documents' folder is displayed.
  Except that I do not use it and don't want it.
  I tried in vain to get rid of him, but when I right click on it and press DELETE, it tells me that the content will not be deleted, only the icon, which would be nice.  But it's that - the icon remains.

  You can't delete My Documents. This is a directory on the system. If you want Explorer to open up My Documents, you can change the shortcut to Explorer as follows:

  Go to programs > Accessories - right click on the Windows Explorer icon, select properties and type or copy / paste the following text in the target box:

  % systemroot%\EXPLORER. EXE/e, c:

  This will open the Explorer to C:\. You can also create a desktop for Windows Explorer with the same command icon. MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - don't panic!

• All files in the My Documents folder disappeared?

  I didn't remove them, and they are not in my trash. I tried to go to the control panel and display hidden files, but they aren't there yet. Help, please! Oh and my pictures and everything are still there... it's just the stuff in the My Documents folder.

  Hi coriedanielle,

  You may be using McAfee?  If so, the following may apply:

  http://service.McAfee.com/faqdocument.aspx?ID=TS101228

  I hope this helps!

• When I download compressed files, they go to the local > temp location, when I extracted all the files, they are sent to the My Documents folder. Can I go to the local > temp location and delete the zip file?

  When I download compressed files, they go to the local level > temp location, when I extracted all the files, they are sent to the My Documents folder. Can I go to local > temp location and delete the zip file? Knowing that I still have the data in the My Documents folder.

  Once they are checked, of course. If you want to keep a backup, you can move the zip file in your documents folder.

  In fact, you can delete everything in the temporary folder that is not currently in use. Best time to do this removal is immediately after the start, before launching other applications.

• The target of the My Documents folder redirection

  Dear users,
  I did as I found for redirecting my documents to a different location on my 'C' drive and something strange happened (Windows 7 Home Premium)
  Went to Users\YourLoginName\Documents, properties, location, travel tab and chose him a folder target "Esteban" that I had created before.
  Now the weird stuff, the folder 'Esteban' was replaced by 'my documents' in the new location and is not visible.
  Basically, what makes Windows 7 is not only point to the new folder but replace it.
  This behavior, that I didn't see in WIN XP in which the record would remain even if my documents has done for her.
  I tried to go back and redo everything. I restored the default location of the folder my documents and now I noticed that the new folder which has been
  created before 'C' is always there and now she can not be cleared to return to zero.
  I'd appreciate your feedback.

  Hi ameneses

  Method 1: expand the library folder and click Properties in the "My Documents" folder

  from here you can see the location tab and change its location.

  Method 2: click here

  Start-> type C:\Users\*Your username *-> right click on my documents and

  Go to the properties-> click on the location tab and make the necessary changes.

  If this fails also try manually using regedit in the following locations:

  HKEY_CURRENT_USER folders

  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders322756

  Important This method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  How to back up and restore the registry in Windows:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756

  Additional information:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Redirect-a-folder-to-a-new-location

  Hope this helps you.

  Kind regards.

  Support Microsoft-Bilodeau