Windows 10: Deleting widows.old

I'm beginning to get a little tight on C drive space. If I delete windows.old will I delete my windows media player which I have grown to love over time, it is now an old friend. If I do lose it what can a I replace it with that can pickup on everything in WMP including all the album covers that I have traced and added that WMP could not find. Whatever replaces it must be as simple and as easy to use. Just don't swear at me by mentioning Iplayer I have just dumped my IPhone and everything to do with it.
I'm looking forward to some sensible replies that an old man of seventy can easily use
Regards
David

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widows.old

ok...im not sure if I follow? I went directly from windows 7 to windows 10. All my folders are showing up empty except the default windows pictures i.e. sample photos and the like same with music?? Also I have an older version of the HP touchsmart 300 and
I can no longer bring up the functions to use my webcam or any other features?? I wonder if I uninstalled windows 10 if my computer would be the same as it was AND I could retrieve my photos and such that way or would I lose everything I downloaded since the
update to windows 10

 

widows.old

Hi Benny,



Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for giving us an opportunity to assist you with this issue.



As per the description of the issue, you have upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and you would like to recover old files of Windows 7.



If you didn't format the partition during the upgrade process from Windows 7 to Windows 8, files that were used in your previous version of Windows are stored in the Windows.old folder. If you have formatted the drives then those files cannot be retrieved.
The type of files in this folder depends on your computer. You can find Windows.old folder in the drive in which you have install Windows 8.

I would suggest you to please go to the link given here to retrieve your previous files.



How to retrieve files from the Windows.old folder:



http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows-8/restore-files-upgrade-windows-old



You can refer to the link below:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-IN/windows-8/upgrade-to-windows-8

I hope this resolves your issue, please write to us if you have any other Windows related issue.

 

Deleting windows.old has absolutely nothing to do with your WMP.
Go ahead and delete windows.old.
Your WMP will stay put without a scratch.
WMP is part of Windows 10 operating system. It won't get deleted by deleting windows.old.

Just to make sure you are aware of this................... without windows.old you will not be able to go back to your previous OS unless you download the iso file and do a reinstall manually.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html