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kg a...@cwixmail.com microsoft public win98 gen_discussion Just delete it. Or, you can go to the Dos prompt, and do "deltree windows.old". THis will definitely work as well. There should be NO registry problems, since you did a complete install of WIndows. --KG.

free space not updated after removal of rc1 (windows.old)
Rock r...@nospam.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup "Sean" <S...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote I updated, but blindly went into it. When I finally got updated, none on my previous programs nor files were present. I found them in my Windows.old file, and I have found all the old programs.

C:/Windows.old
Benny Be...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista file_management h2oboy, It sounds as if you did a "Clean Install" instead of an upgrade. This basically copied all of your old stuff to the windows.old file and installed a "virgin" copy of Vista with no migration. You will need to re-install all

Removing 'windows.old' folder
Everything went well, i used the command prompt to remove enough files to re-install windows. Then, there appeared a folder, WINDOWS.old. that folder contains all the files from my previous windows install. It's a couple of gigabytes, and is generally a nuisance. When I try to delete it, it tells me that access is

Location of mail in "Windows.Old"
The organization has about 20 licenses old Windows 98 and Windows 2000. I'm looking for a way to install the upgrade of Windows XP without having to reinstall the old Windows 98 or 2000 at first. Any procedures upgrade that I found, request that the old Windows (98 or 2000) is installed on the computer to be able

db-backed mail back end
There were 2 ways to do that: 1st option was to overwrite the Windows XP (but that didn't work) and the second option was to install Vista from scratch, which finally worked ok. By doing this, the system kept on my C-drive 2 files. The first one is called "Windows.old" and the second one is called "Windows.old.000"

Eliminar Windows.old
Morgan morganQU...@ESTOyahoo.com microsoft public es windowsvista aqui te da dos metodos para quitarlo El Explorador de Windows se bloquea cuando intenta quitar la carpeta $WINDOWS.OLD de un equipo que se ha actualizado a Windows Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931702/es -- Saludos ... Morgan 8-) This posting

Windows.old folder question
Can now delete the windows.old but cannot close the "propertied" windows and the "advanced window" and have had to reboot. Weird. On reboot Windows Explorer didn't respond once opened and crashed when I tried to close it. The OS stopped completely whilst trying to send a report to MS eventually giving me a

windows.old help
"Daniel Royer" <dan...@royer.ch> wrote in message news:OVdFoRgdIHA.148@TK2MSFTNGP04. phx.gbl... I had to reinstall Vista Home premium several times on my son's laptop. Now he's stuck with three folders named "windows.old", "windows.old.000" and " windows.old.001" which I can't delete. I tried safe mode: no way.

Recovery windows vista en terug vinden oude emails
For nonprofit organizations, I have the opportunity to buy licenses to upgrade Windows XP sp2. (See: http://www.techsoup.org/stock/canada/ms_ican_program_fr.asp) The organization has about 20 licenses old Windows 98 and Windows 2000. I'm looking for a way to install the upgrade of Windows XP without having to

How can I delete windows.old ?
Create a NEW FOLDER after the new installation of OE or in the 2ND PC> C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\ labeled something like "Old Mail" Install/restore those Old Mail\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express -- If that does not work you can manually restore the OE5 mail messages {.

Revert from Vista to XP using Windows.old
George Mills mi...@dev.cdx.mot.com comp os ms-windows win95 misc Or if you have the room, MOVE WINDOWS WINDOWS.OLD Then install Win95 in WINDOWS. Win95 will see the WINDOWS. OLD. And DOS too. If your short on disk space, I have also blown away all subdirectories in WINDOWS.OLD and it still verified.

windows.old
DL address@invalid microsoft public outlook installation The Outlook data file, by default outlook.pst, contains all data, in Vista the default location is C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\ You will likely have to 'take ownership' - or whatever Vista calls it - before you can access the old

Problems During ShutDown
Mamamegs mamam...@wilgeenmail.invalid microsoft public windows vista general speb brought next idea : Hello: Can I safely backup and remove the C:\windows.old files? Yes, you can do that. To remove windows.old go to 'start' and in the search field type 'clean' and press enter. Disk Cleanup should now appear,

free space not updated after removal of rc1 (windows.old)
Mamamegs [MS MVP] mamam...@wilgeenmail.invalid microsoft public nl windows vista voortwisch wrote : Ik moest helaas een recovery op mijn laptop uitvoeren want een onderdeel van Vista werkte niet meer. Vista heeft een directort aangemaakt "windows.old" waar oude gegevens instaan. Kan ik hier nu mijn oude emails uit

Find my Mail msgs in the Windows Old
This way you can always back out of your changes by renaming the now changed c:\windows to c:\something else and rename c:\windows.old to c:\windows Any *.dll files that have been overwritten and you need can be copied from the copy in c:\windows.old (assuming good copies still exist after your 'upgrade').

Windows.old
John Inzer oo...@doobie.xyz microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Rene wrote: my system was crasht - i make windows Vista new on my system - now i need infos from the registry befor - i think it is in Windows.old but how can i read that and wher can i find that ? thx for Help and sorry for my bad

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Wait a week - If everything is OK, delete c:\windows.old "tiger4077" <tiger4077@yahoo. com> wrote in message news:01eb01c2f4a3$bab38910$a301280a@phx.gbl... I just installed windows 2000 and am running it, but windows 95 is still on my computer. Is there any way I can completely get rid of it?

uninstalling windows 95
"Tyson" <Ty...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E20CE862-847C-4C12-B078-98FE820B7519@microsoft.com... wen i use disc cleanup all it does is clean up other files and it doesnt say it does anything to delete the windows.old and is it nessesary to have windows.old folder "dean-dean" wrote: You can use

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Malke ma...@invalid.invalid microsoft public windows vista general Daniel Royer wrote: I had to reinstall Vista Home premium several times on my son's laptop. Now he's stuck with three folders named "windows.old", "windows.old.000" and " windows.old.001" which I can't delete. I tried safe mode: no way.