Windows 10: Windows broken after manually removing the windows.old folder
Discus and support Windows broken after manually removing the windows.old folder in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; Since I removed the windows.old folder to clean up some disk space, I am running into issues. It was hard to remove the folder in the first place, as I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by MightyMauz95, Nov 30, 2020.
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