Windows.old

-= 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?

The Windows Update "upgrade logic" won't bring in the
next version of OS, if Windows.old exists. That's why
they auto-remove the thing in the first place, so it
won't block the next release.

And that could limit the rate that the Insider Edition
updates itself (as if that matters :-) ).

For the Release Stream, it's not critical to remove it or
worry about it.

If you're on a 32GB tablet though, you'll probably want
to scoot that out the door pretty quick, so you have
storage space for data. It's a good thing the 32GB eMMC
is soldered right to the motherboard, so you can't
upgrade it. 64GB eMMC chips now exist, but they can't
help people stuck with 32GB tablets.

Paul