Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Skip Ahead Build 17004 for PC Insider

Edwin · 07 Oct 2017

HippsieGypsie said:

Oh? How so?

After Disk Cleanup the windows.old folder still existed with a few app subfolders; all deleted, all good!

CountMike · 07 Oct 2017

C:\Windows.old\Users\count\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalStore is what I have left in windows.old, trying to delete it nets "Not found".

slicendice · 07 Oct 2017

CountMike said:

C:\Windows.old\Users\count\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalStore is what I have left in windows.old, trying to delete it nets "Not found".

Use CMD-prompt and look for the short name / DOS name. Use that for deleting the remaining files. If that does not work, then you might need to do a checkdisk...files can easily become corrupted during Upgrades if you had AV enabled.

Tony K · 07 Oct 2017

Edwin said:

After Disk Cleanup the windows.old folder still existed with a few app subfolders; all deleted, all good!

CountMike said:

C:\Windows.old\Users\count\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalStore is what I have left in windows.old, trying to delete it nets "Not found".

You too, Mike? Here's one for ya. This is on 16299.15, though. After the last update I found 2 .old folders. A .old and a .old(1). The .old I could and did delete, but the other gives me this. This is no longer located in C:?!!

I'm wondering if it's because I changed the name of C:, but then the other one was able to be deleted.

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Tony K · 07 Oct 2017

slicendice said:

Use CMD-prompt and look for the short name / DOS name. Use that for deleting the remaining files. If that does not work, then you might need to do a checkdisk...files can easily become corrupted during Upgrades if you had AV enabled.

I'll give that a go, but I need the code or a reference to those commands. I'm just learning this stuff.

CountMike · 07 Oct 2017

slicendice said:

Use CMD-prompt and look for the short name / DOS name. Use that for deleting the remaining files. If that does not work, then you might need to do a checkdisk...files can easily become corrupted during Upgrades if you had AV enabled.

Tried but will not delete. Before I delete it from Linux, how was that hack to place "Open in command prompt" or something in that manner ? Would save me a lot of clicking.

cereberus · 07 Oct 2017

CountMike said:

Tried but will not delete. Before I delete it from Linux, how was that hack to place "Open in command prompt" or something in that manner ? Would save me a lot of clicking.

If you use Macrium Reflect like most regulars here, and you have created a boot option (takes a few seconds if you already have it installed), then you can boot into Macrium, and use its "File Explorer" (icon in bottom left hand corner) to do it - no need to have any live linux drives etc.

CountMike · 07 Oct 2017

cereberus said:

If you use Macrium Reflect like most regulars here, and you have created a boot option (takes a few seconds if you already have it installed), then you can boot into Macrium, and use its "File Explorer" (icon in bottom left hand corner) to do it - no need to have any live linux drives etc.

I already triple boot with Mint.

Edwin · 07 Oct 2017

This is goofy!
Groove doesn't display a thumbnail in Task View when in 'Now Playing' Mode,
but does in 'Category' mode.

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Josey Wales · 07 Oct 2017

Skippy will not be called Skippy any more at least not till after 10.17. If I remember right MS stopped sending out build for a while when The CU went final.