On 23/11/2017 14:12, -= Hawk =- wrote:
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:14:18 +0100, occam scribbled:

On 20/11/2017 18:29, KenW wrote:
On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 10:39:27 -0600, Walter Boyd
wrote:

Will Windows eventually delete the files in the Windows.old directory or
does that need to be done manually?

It will remove them, may take up to 30 days.


Really? After almost 2 years since upgrade to Win 10, my 'Windows.old'
folder is still there. (Not much in it, but the folder has never been
removed)

Is this just for ascetics? It's not doing anything. Are THAT low on
storage space? It's not hurting anything so, honestly, why worry about
it?


If by 'ascetics' you mean 'aesthetics' - yes, that is part of the
reason. Why have an empty directory hanging around? However it is also
pointing to a couple of files which apparently are corrupted and cannot
be deleted. Manual delete gives an error. See screen he

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ur7g1526k1...ssage.png?dl=0