W10 stashed TEMP folders inside windows.old - how to proceed?

I believe windows will be old as Windows.old folder to store temp for first 30 days.. until your Rollback period expires (30 days)..
if you delete windows.old folder.. nothing bad will happen just ... you wont be able to revert back to old windows version.

manish9009 said:

I believe windows will be old as Windows.old folder to store temp for first 30 days.. until your Rollback period expires (30 days)..
if you delete windows.old folder.. nothing bad will happen just ... you wont be able to revert back to old windows version.

thanks for the response manish!
well im almost 100% sure i've had w10 for about 3-4 months now..atleast!
is there a way to check my rollback timer?
if not, is there any other reason why its selecting temp folder?
what will happen to temp files if I delete the windows.old folder...will they "magically" just start being put in the "new" temp folders?

knugelknut said:

thanks for the response manish!
well im almost 100% sure i've had w10 for about 3-4 months now..atleast!
is there a way to check my rollback timer?
if not, is there any other reason why its selecting temp folder?
what will happen to temp files if I delete the windows.old folder...will they "magically" just start being put in the "new" temp folders?

No rollback period is Over.
U can go to settings >> update and security >> Recovery to check if Rollback Option is still available.
I still believe windows.old folder should have been deleted by now.. automatically (happened in my case).
I still believe nothing bad should happen if you delete windows.old folder.
to be on a safer side... Create a system restore point or check if one is already there before deleting.

manish9009 said:

No rollback period is Over.
U can go to settings >> update and security >> Recovery to check if Rollback Option is still available.
I still believe windows.old folder should have been deleted by now.. automatically (happened in my case).
I still believe nothing bad should happen if you delete windows.old folder.
to be on a safer side... Create a system restore point or check if one is already there before deleting.

thanks manish :)

dalchina said:

It depends. If you've received the anniversary upgrade a Windows.old folder will have been created then- but apparently it's a 10 day period for the anniversary upgrade after which it should vanish.

You shouldn't regard the Windows.old as a backup for personal items. These are transferred to your current files and folders.

ty for the response!

Ah, i never knew or thought windows.old had anything to do with the anniversary update. I guess that explains why "windows is using windows.old temp folder" instead of my new one, as the the one i have been using has been stashed into .old due to anniversary.

So if manish above here is right, then ur saying my windows.old folder will dissapear within 10 days? what "functionality" do i really loose out on when either I myself delete it or windows automatically does so in 10 days?reverting back to "pre-anniversary upgrade"? if my rollback period is ended, i dont see what else

dalchina said:

These are only used if you roll back. It is not used by your current OS- certainly shouldn't be.

Well thats the issue, it appears my OS is using the temp folder inside windows.old, rather than the temp folders located elsewhere.
thus is why i'm scared of touching the folder, as that would mean windows lost its temp folder. I have a feeling w10 ain't going to magically figure out "aah, lets use the actual temp folders located outside windows.old now". But maybe im wrong?