Windows 10: Why have I got a Windows.old directory dated 1st April 2015?

I have installed build 10049 today. Why have I got a Windows.old directory dated 1st April 2015? *Confused

The Windows directory is dated 31st March 2015 which makes sense.

:)

 

N95

Nope mate: It also means that it was possible to release it on 1st January

Seriously I got information bout this complex phone's releasin date.

It should have been unleashed in March.

But has delayed and is scheduled to being release in April at any time.

 

Can't Install KB3093266 - Error 0x80073712

Hi. Thanks for replying to me. I tried everything you said to no avail. I still got the same error message: "Cumulative Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB3093266) - Error 0x80073712." Why is this so? I hope you still have another solution
for me. I bought my HP Stream notebook last April with Windows 8.1 OS before I upgraded it to Windows 10 on Sept. 1st. The windows.old folder is already gone/deleted. Thought you might need that info.

 

Is the clock on your pc correct?

 

Yes, I have not touched it.

 

To cause you confusion, and it worked. Do a disk cleanup and deleted it, no more problem. . .*Smile

 

Two directory packages on the same machine, old or new, probably causes some kind of conflict in the file system.

 

Windows.old is caused when you upgrade from one version of Windows to the next. It's perfectly normal. This mainly happens if you upgrade from within windows rather than doing a clean formatted install.

To clear those folders run cleanmgr.exe, click on the clean up system files button then there should be an entry to delete old install files. This will remove windows.old and a couple of other folders created during the upgrade.

You can't delete these manually you have to use this program.

WARNING: There may be a possibility of some settings loss but its usually minor.

 

I thought the date might be significant! So far this new build is vastly better than build 10041 which appeared to dislike my graphics card.

 

April fool?

 

Maybe you have a time machine. Check the settings on your flux capacitor. *chuckle

 

Yep lots of folks like to play the fools game. Software folks have been known to do a little bit of that.*chuckle

 

Thanks. It was more the date that I was wondering about.

 

ah well nowt as strange as developers *Biggrin