Windows 10: Moving the Windows.old folder

Discus and support Moving the Windows.old folder in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; After updating windows 10, performance has become slower than the previous version before update. I tried to move the Windows.old folder after update.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Dolilur Rahman, Dec 5, 2020.

  1. Moving the Windows.old folder


    After updating windows 10, performance has become slower than the previous version before update. I tried to move the Windows.old folder after update. I thought that this might improve the performance of the pc. However, in the middle of moving process, I cancelled it. Now, checking the folder on C drive, it seems to have 193,652 files and 40,110 Folders having a size of 29.6 GB. I can not exactly remember what was these amounts before I started moving.


    Now, I want to go back to the previous windows version before update, how can I know if there could be any problem? Is my windows.old folder still ok?

    :)
     
    Dolilur Rahman, Dec 5, 2020
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  2. Rose Cal Win User

    Suddenly, Documents folder has moved to Downloads

    We appreciate the details you've provided. To address your issue, we suggest that you follow these steps on how to move your Documents Folder Location in Windows 10:

    • You need to create a new folder named Documents at the location you want to move your personal Documents folder.
    • Press Win + E to open File Explorer, right-click
      Documents, and select Properties.
    • Select the Location tab and click the Move button.
    • Browse and select the new Documents folder at the location you want to move the folder Documents. Click the
      Select Folder.
    • Click OK to apply.
    • Click Yes to move all the files from the old location to the new location.
    • Your personal Documents folder and all of its contents will now be moved to the new location.

    Let us know if you need further assistance.
     
    Rose Cal, Dec 5, 2020
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  3. Moved a folder from another drive and rename and it still shows as the old folder name in certain places

    Hi Nick,

    I suggest you to try the steps provided below and check the behavior.

    • Create a new folder name it as 'My Videos'.
    • Now copy/cut and paste the contents which are in the folder "Videos", and delete the folder "Videos".
    • Now check the behavior.
    Please keep us updated with the status of the folder, to assist you further.

    Regards,
     
    Syed Abdul Jabbar, Dec 5, 2020
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  4. Kari Win User

    Moving the Windows.old folder

    Move Users Folder Location in Windows 10  


    If not the best way to do that but at least the way I recommend:

    • "Empty" your user profile folders as much as you can, copying documents, pics, videos, music and all other personal data from all user profiles to external HDD. As following steps require you to relocate Users folder two times, the less data is left in user profile folders, the faster the relocation process. Important: Leave system folder AppData for each profile intact, do not empty / move its content!
    • Reverse the relocating, doing exactly as told in tutorial Method Two but this time relocating Users folder back to C: drive
    • Shut down the PC, replace the disk where you had Users relocated
    • Mount the new disk, boot to Windows, assign new disk the same drive ID letter than the old one had
    • Again, do as told in Method Two, now relocating Users to new disk
    • Restore the backed up personal user data from external drive to respective folders under each user profile
     
    Kari, Dec 5, 2020
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