Can't delete windows.old folder. [Major help]

I took off the TrustedInstaller ownership but when I add the ownership to my own account everytime I try to delete it keeps asking me I need permission from my own self to delete it. Which makes no sense at all. The ownership is also set to SYSTEM and user/Pentrazemine not just Pentrazemine/Administrator.

Anyway to fix this? It's asking me for my own permission and I still can't manage to delete it. It's taking alot of space off of my harddrive - very annoying.

Hello Pentrzemine,

You might see if using one or more of the options in the tutorial below will delete the Windows.old folder for you.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2527-windows-old-folder-delete-windows-8-a.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Pentrazemine said:

I took off the TrustedInstaller ownership but when I add the ownership to my own account everytime I try to delete it keeps asking me I need permission from my own self to delete it. Which makes no sense at all. The ownership is also set to SYSTEM and user/Pentrazemine not just Pentrazemine/Administrator.

Anyway to fix this? It's asking me for my own permission and I still can't manage to delete it. It's taking alot of space off of my harddrive - very annoying.

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i had same problem ,,, until i read this - http://www.eightforums.com/performance-maintenance/16853-win-8-disk-cleanup.html

bluemoon, that only applies to old Windows Updates, not to the windows.old folder. How did it help you?

I had a problem deleting Windows.old when I upgraded to Win8. It turned out there was a "DRM" file that refused to be deleted buried deep in the folder, probably installed with one of my computer games. I don't recall which one, I'm not at my home desktop, but I was able to delete it after googling a solution.
Also, I've found it more effective to delete the Windows.old file by using the disk cleanup tool rather than just doing a quick-and-dirty delete, but I don't know why that is so.

Ztruker said:

bluemoon, that only applies to old Windows Updates, not to the windows.old folder. How did it help you?

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yes it applies to windows.old too. Just run the program described here ... http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2527-windows-old-folder-delete-windows-8-a.html and select to remove previous installations, as they are stored in the .old folders.

Run C:\Windows\System32\cleanmgr.exe then follow the instructions in example 1