Windows 10: New Windows 10 folders, $WINDOWS.~BT and $Windows.~WS

Upgraded Windows 8.1 then clean install. No problems, activated.

Was checking my C: drive and the folders $WINDOWS.~BT and $Windows.~WS have appeared. There is an install.esd there dated 9th of August.

Any ideas what's going on? Service Release 1?


Francis

Dublin, Ireland.

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That is from your windows 10 install ...

If you use disc clean up and take the extra step to clean system files and then you can choose to remove thru that.

 

They weren't there yesterday. Why would the install.esd be dated 9th August?. I cleaned installed on 30th July

 

The date may have been changed by an update that ended up only going on ? today? The installation of the update accessed the file as part of the installation of that. This would seem to happen if you have the updates set to check for newer and install automatically which is the default setting.

 

Lazy sunday here. Think I'll run setup and upgrade and check the delta number

 

I don't have these on mine

But is it possible if tomorrows patch is large they are going to start sending it out early to machines, like they did when 10 came out

 

string in Registry is 10240.16412.......

 

Did you use the Media Creation Tool to download an ISO or create bootable media? http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softw...load/windows10 I do believe that's where the $Windows.~WS folder comes from, and it also uses the $WINDOWS.~BT folder, and creates it if its not already there. Disk cleanup will get ride of the $WINDOWS.~BT folder. The other one I'm pretty sure I had to delete manually.

 

Before you remove that folder, you might want to convert the install.esd file thats in there to an iso so you have a copy of your current Windows 10 installation.

 

Why not just use the MCT to create an ISO? Same thing right? IMHO using the MCT to create the ISO is the easier method.

 

Hello, I'm back.

Build string still 10240.16412..........

 

Go for it just in case that is the reason. We still quite know enough about the updates for the RTM we can expect to see since security updates as well as OS fixes and other things are still to come. With a clean install seen to early on you can always keep the flash drive as the means to repeat the process of a clean install as well as for troubleshooting purposes while if you didn't already see to it you might to make up a Recovery Drive since sometimes you can't get into the F8 boot options as far as the recovery options go.

It's interesting you mention the patch since a blog on 10 not by anyone at MS however had links for the 32bit and 64bit version of what is supposed to be the patch with some 1000 fixes? I still have to try that out when getting into the drive I saved that to! And the word on that download is...... *Banghead*Banghead*Doh
*Rolleyes It figures!

 

OK, $WINDOWS.~BT is gone after the upgrade.

$Windows.~WS is still there and has install.esd in the $Windows.~WS\windows \sources directory and installx64.esd in the $Windows.~WS\sources directory.

Which one should I use to make a usb or an iso?

 

No, they are not the same thing really..
The media tool creates the setup media with a MediaMeta.xml file
Depending on which install.esd is used.. As there are two - a single image esd and a 4 image esd

extracting the four images from the esd results in setup media, but the difference is
you get an unlocked install.wim

 

Ok, fair enough. But for the average Joe that just wants install media in case they need to reinstall, does it really matter? MCT seems the easier method, with less to go wrong, to create your install media? It would be what I recommend doing.