Windows 10: purging old update files

Discus and support purging old update files in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; purging old update files taking too long... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by davidbrior, Oct 6, 2018.

  1. DAVIDBRIOR
    davidbrior Win User

    purging old update files


    purging old update files taking too long

    :)
     
    davidbrior, Oct 6, 2018
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  2. SAMPESNER
    SamPesner Win User

    Purged deleted folder

    I deleted a large folder by accident. It was apparently too large for the recycle bin and was purged. I need it back. My backup to a Seagate external drive does not find the most recent version of the folder intact (as a separate entity) but instead shows
    thousands of individual files, many of which are unreadable. Any suggestions?
     
    SamPesner, Oct 6, 2018
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  3. CROYDONIAN
    croydonian Win User
    Extracting Zip Files


    Thanks pyramid10 for your contribution, I ensured that the steps taken and the source and destination folders were the same, in the using zip7 as suggested by BunnyJ resolved all issues for me.
    I am the first to admit that I am a long long way from understanding the intricacies of computers and if truth be told I am now to old anyway to absorb much information.
    Cheers.
     
    croydonian, Oct 6, 2018
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  4. 3COLORS
    3Colors Win User

    purging old update files

    Windows Updated(16299.309).KB4088776 Restart is required to complete.


    Hi dalchina. Good news, I followed your suggestion and reinstalled the update and now it appears as "installed correctly" *Biggrin Maybe it was not necessary to run the Windows Update Troubleshooter or maybe if necessary. But using it I do not think it could have worsened something. The installation was very fast, unlike the first time it showed step 1 and step 2 completed.

    Thanks for the suggestions and for the time to respond purging old update files :) Best regards.


    And thanks for the tip of that program, I'll have it on my list.
     
    3Colors, Oct 6, 2018
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