Windows 10: Disk clean up do not clean Windows.old folder.

Discus and support Disk clean up do not clean Windows.old folder. in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Disk clean up do not clean Windows.old folder. I am finding a driver is there, by name IntcDAud.sys. Here it is 439kb and the same is there in... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by lvgandhi, Jul 31, 2015.

  1. LVGANDHI
    lvgandhi Win User

    Disk clean up do not clean Windows.old folder.


    Disk clean up do not clean Windows.old folder. I am finding a driver is there, by name IntcDAud.sys. Here it is 439kb and the same is there in Windows\system32\drivers also. Though I am not worried as space occupied is very less, I wanted to know, why clean up is not deleting even after selecting disk clean up|clean up system files.

    :)
     
    lvgandhi, Jul 31, 2015
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  2. DEEPAK KODI
    Deepak Kodi Win User

    Revert back to 7 no option in recovery

    Hi Paul,

    I realize that you are facing issues rolling back to Windows 7.

    You may please check if the Windows.old folder is present in the C:\ drive.

    Windows.old folder will be created when you upgrade from previous Windows version to Windows 10.

    This folder is important to rollback to previous operating system, if this folder is removed then you can't rollback to Windows 7.

    After upgrading to Windows 10, did you perform a disk clean-up (clean-up system files)?

    Please be informed that the if you performed a disk clean-up(clean-up system files) the Windows.old folder will be removed.

    You may check and get back with the information.

    Thank you.
     
    Deepak Kodi, Jul 31, 2015
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  3. SUMIT DHIMAN2
    Sumit Dhiman2 Win User
    Can i revert back to windows 7 if i dont like windows 10?

    You may have run disk cleanup that cleaned up the files of older windows installation.

    Do you have any windows.old folder in C:/ ?
     
    Sumit Dhiman2, Jul 31, 2015
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  4. ROCKY
    Rocky Win User

    Disk clean up do not clean Windows.old folder.

    Did you select "SHOW HIDDEN FILES" in the file explorer? This might help.
     
    Rocky, Jul 31, 2015
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  5. LVGANDHI
    lvgandhi Win User
    Yes. There is no hidden files except a single driver file and its reference in repository.
     
    lvgandhi, Jul 31, 2015
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  6. BOOZAD
    Boozad Win User
    Run Disk Cleanup after every boot, eventually it will delete the Windows.old folder. I had exactly the same problem.
     
    Boozad, Jul 31, 2015
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  7. BOOZAD
    Boozad Win User
    It doesn't always work, it didn't for me when updating from 10166 to 10240.
     
    Boozad, Jul 31, 2015
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  8. MUMBAI
    Mumbai Win User

    Disk clean up do not clean Windows.old folder.

    then the only solution is deleting them manually but have to set the correct permission settings.
     
    Mumbai, Jul 31, 2015
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  9. BOOZAD
    Boozad Win User
    I run Disk Cleanup after every reboot and eventually Windows.old was deleted.
     
    Boozad, Jul 31, 2015
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  10. DIFFERENT3
    different3 Win User
    Delete Windows old file first, desk will be cleaned automatically
     
    different3, Jul 31, 2015
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  11. LVGANDHI
    lvgandhi Win User
    It has not worked.
     
    lvgandhi, Apr 4, 2018
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