Windows 10: Needing permission from SYSTEM to delete windows old.

Discus and support Needing permission from SYSTEM to delete windows old. in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; Hi folks, I want to delete the windows old folder in windows 10 as its hogging up quite a bit of space, only upgraded windows 8 to 10 a few days... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by donegaljoe, Jan 17, 2016.

  1. DONEGALJOE
    donegaljoe Win User

    Needing permission from SYSTEM to delete windows old.


    Hi folks,

    I want to delete the windows old folder in windows 10 as its hogging up quite a bit of space, only upgraded windows 8 to 10 a few days ago.

    However it wont let me, I have tried disk cleanup and tried to delete the windows old folder, but it tells me I don't have permission to delete this folder, and if I try again it says that I need permission from SYSTEM to make changes to this folder.

    Any help appreciated.
    Thanks
    Joe

    :)
     
    donegaljoe, Jan 17, 2016
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  2. BURTMARKS
    BurtMarks Win User

    Can't delete files

    I'm trying to delete a directory of old files (programs and Windows8 files) and get messages "Need permission from TrustedInstaller" and "Need permission from SYSTEM". I have the same problem if I try to delete sub-directories or individual programs. I tried
    unsuccessfully to run TrustedInstaller as administrator.

    How do I get these permissions?
     
    BurtMarks, Jan 17, 2016
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  3. BURTMARKS
    BurtMarks Win User
    Can't delete files

    I'm trying to delete a directory of old files (programs and Windows8 files) and get messages "Need permission from TrustedInstaller" and "Need permission from SYSTEM". I have the same problem if I try to delete sub-directories or individual programs. I tried
    unsuccessfully to run TrustedInstaller as administrator (nothing happened).

    These files are programs and program data from obsolete programs such as Window NT, Window Defender, etc.

    How do I get these permissions?

    DaveM, thanks for the suggestion to use Disk Cleanup. However this did not delete the files.
     
    BurtMarks, Jan 17, 2016
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  4. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Needing permission from SYSTEM to delete windows old.

    Brink, Jan 17, 2016
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  5. COUNTMIKE
    CountMike New Member
    Are you logged in as Administrator ?
     
    CountMike, Jan 17, 2016
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  6. CEREBERUS
    cereberus Win User
    When you used disk cleanup, did you click the button to clean up old system files?
     
    cereberus, Jan 17, 2016
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  7. DONEGALJOE
    donegaljoe Win User
    Thanks for replies. Well I ticked the box in advanced in CCleaner to remove old windows, and that seems to have done the trick, however I have a few additional problems which are probably better in a separate thread.

    Many thanks
    Joe
     
    donegaljoe, Apr 4, 2018
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