Windows 10: windows.old still on C:/ drive after upgrade to 2004 21 days ago

As noted in the title, I upgraded to 2004 (19041.685) 21 days ago both on my desktop and 20H2 on my laptop. The Windows.old folder is still present on both. It is occupying over 34gb on my desktop and similar on the laptop. Both computers using ssd drives.

I am confused as from what I have read in the past, the upgrade folders should be removed after about 14 days. I have also read it may take up to 30 days. Is there any accurate benchmark as to when or IF these files will be removed by windows?

I know I can delete them manually but I have read some posts where the computer would not boot afterwards. I have the windows10upgrade folder as well on my laptop but not on my desktop. I heard that removing this folder can be especially troublesome.

Hoping to find a definitive answer. Thanks.

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I upgraded to windows 10 from 8.1 three days ago and can't find the outlook old e-mails or contact list.

* Original title: Old 8.1 e-mail

I upgraded to windows 10 from 8.1 thee days ago and can't find the outlook old e-mails or contact list. How can I retrieve this information and is it stored in a file somewhere....HELP!

 

C: Drive disk cleanup

I've already done your suggestions....... yep, need a bigger drive for C: suppose!

 

old email addresses

Thank you for updating me HA.111

Here is the step to remove that old email address.

Start typing an email address into the “To” field. As soon as you see the old email address being recommended as one of the potential candidates, use the down arrow key to scroll through the list of suggestions. Once you highlight the old email address, type
the delete key. In many cases, this will actually remove the entry not only from the current list of suggestions but from future suggestions as well. You may even find that as you mouse over the drop-down list the highlighted item will have an “x” to explicitly
allow you to delete it.

Just do this step and your good to go.

Continue to have an escellent day HA.111

Best regards,

Anthony C. De Jesus

Independent Advisor