Windows 10: Windows.old

When I open my C Disk I still have Windows.old ,Does any one else still have it I Thought it was supposed to go away after a month It's not causing any problems I was just curious. Thanks.

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windows.old

what happens to my windows.old(windows 7) file after 30 days of windows 10 activation?

Do I need to delete the folder manually as it is taking up extra space of the hard disc.

Does deleting that folder result in malfunction of current windows 10?

 

Windows.old

I already answered this on the very first page of this thread:

P.S. You won't see the Clean system files button if you run DC as admin. You're doing fine so far; just let the scan complete!

Running DC as admin is simply a much quicker way compared to running it normally, scanning, then clicking
Clean system files to relaunch the app as admin, scanning again and finally selecting the options. Hope you got it now.

 

It won't go after one month, run Disk clean up as admin and select windows.old.

 

Disk Cleanup - Open and Use in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

 

No, the Windows.old folder will stay their forever, unless the user removes it. What you could do is make a image backup of your C-drive using a program like Macrium Reflect, to any 2nd hard drive, then delete your Windows.old folder IF you want too.

My mistake, as Disk Cleanup will also remove it too. my bad.

 

Instead of using the regular Disk Cleanup by typing from run command: cleanmgr
It is better to run it in extended mode. You'll have a lot more options.
From Admin command prompt:
%SystemRoot%\System32\Cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:65535
Screen shot of Disk Cleanup in extended mode:

 

This does offer a lot more choices, but it never shows the user anything, does not show if its even running, or how much disk space it saved, or files it removed......wish it would display whats it actually doing.

 

It sure does. It even asks you for confirmation if you want to really delete files that will not allow you to roll back to previous Windows.

 

I second that... I surely does show progress...

It is also Option 9 in Image-Health

 

I just ran this twice, it only came up to give me the choices of what I wanted to remove, then after I ran it, it shows me nothing. I saw nothing as far as any progress????

This command does show me a little more, actually shows me its running, but that's all it does.

%SystemRoot%\System32\Cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:35 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:35

 

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I would think you have one windows behind the other

 

I saw those screens only when I used this command.
%SystemRoot%\System32\Cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:35 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:35

 

@OldMike65
That was my mistake. I didn't copy my shortcut correctly, It should have been:
%SystemRoot%\System32\Cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:65535

 

Thanks For the reply