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How to delete windows.old in windows 7 by Britec

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How to use the Disk Cleanup feature to delete the Windows.old folder after you install Windows Vista or 7.

or use Command Prompt

Click Start/ All Programs/ Accessories/right-click "Command Prompt", and then click Run as administrator.

run following 3 commands on command prompt

takeown /F c:\Windows.old\* /R /A
Then Type:
cacls c:\Windows.old\*.* /T /grant administrators:F
Then Type:
rmdir /S /Q c:\Windows.old\

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