i have a folder C:\Windows.old that i cant delete.
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(Solved) - Cant Del Folder
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yes i can go into the folder i.e C:\Windows.old\Users\Drifta
the folder has no documents in it tho just folders.
the folder size is 0 bytes
the folder has remained from the last time i formatted my computer because of problems i had wich could not be fixed and dell recommnded i rreinstall vista so i did.
Try running the Registry Cleaner in CCleaner.
Edit. You may need this as well.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto.....-in-vista/
i tried running reg ceaner in cc cleaner and uniblue registrybooster without luck
i also tried taking ownership without any luck. i mena i got ownership but still was unable to del the folders
i think the problem is this 2 files because i manged to del all the other folders except the following
Look at the path
ok something really freaky is happening.
when i click on the windows.old folder i now see other fodlers in it and files. i.e i see a folder called documents and settings. when i click on the folder i see more folders and files than when i ckick on the ... to go back a folder and i click on the ... once again i takes me to C:\ and highlits the user folder.
i hope u understand what i mean
I had this a couple of months ago too, must be in one of my earlier posts. I'll take a look later on if you haven't solved it by then. But as I remember correctly Lighthouse offered the best remedy - FreeCommander.
You can change attributes by rightclicking on the folder and you can set read only and archive. Uncheck read only.
Probably one of the folders at the end of the tree has a name that is too long or has unacceptable characters in it. Use FreeCommander to browse to them and rename them. You probably can't rename them in Explorer, but Freecommander often does the trick.
Edit: Changing attributes is also best done in Freecommander if there is a problem with a foldername:)
Sarah.
Yes it worked i did it..just took forever to find the original files becuase whe ni was clicking windows.old for some strange reason all my files from the current C:\users folder were showing up. anyways the problem was that the 2 files in my second screenshot were not being recognised by windows but when i changed their names i was able to delete windows.old
thnx for everyones help
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