Windows 10: Deleting a folder on the system drive

Hi,

A file named customrefresh.wim remains on my C: drive. 9 Gb big. I believe it is a leftover from windows 8.1. I suspect the folder was created by windows 8.1 in connection with creating a USB recovery drive for the 8.1 system. I should have erased it then, but forgot. Can I do it now? How can I make sure, it is what i think it is?

Edwin

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Try deleting the folder of the application inside the drive.

Drive letters may change. If it's on the phone it's C: and if it's on the stick it's E:

c:\System\Apps\(name of the folder you want to delete)

usually this folder contains an .aif file.

Hope this helps.

 

administrator permission

Which part of the system are you trying to delete the folder from? Please note that system folders located under C:\ drive should not be deleted. If its within your user folder, try taking ownership of the folder, then try deleting again. How-To Easily Take Ownership Of Windows 7 Files and Folders

 

What is the full path to this file?

 

Windows C:/RefreshImage/customrefresh.wim

 

I use CCleaner to clean up these files. Under Advanced, select Old windows files (or something like that) then run Analyze to see what it will delete. If ok then clean Run CCleaner.

 

If you delete it then Windows will just do a default refresh. It would be better to deregister the custom refresh image before deleting it though.

 

Well old system files should be in windows.old folder, i think that's a recovery image from windows 8.1 given by your manufacturer. If it was me i would delete it since its taking space and recovery is basically useless for me since i have backups.