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Old "grp" files...can I delete???
My question is this: is there any repercussion to deleting the hidden $NtUninstall* files from the Windows XP folder? I never plan on uninstalling the updates I currently have, as they all work well without any conflict. Thanks in advance for the advice!

Can't check for updates. Progress bar never appears in white
Then go to your C:\Windows\inf\others to find the *.inf file that Windows copied there for Windows future reference and delete that. And there, your system is ABSOLUTLEY PURGE of whatever the heck was added to your Registry and Windows folder and you're absolutley clean of the old driver and any of its association.

Windows Easy Transfer
Tim T...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windowsxp general Wait...is the old Windows folder the only windows folder? If so, dont touch it. Now I have my old Windows folder from before on there now and I wan to get rid of it. Problem is, it won't let me delete some of the files.

Storage Main partition SBS2003 Sp1
Running MS Config, there is nothing in the boot.ini section about Win98. So I think after he upgraded, he uninstalled the WinXP uninstall files. But the Windows directory (folder) is still there! Can I safely remove it (as he wants)? Can I (shudder) delete the Windows folder? Is there a normal/safe way to do this?

WinXP okay, delete old Win98 files?
So even if you did not delete the old programs and only removed the windows folder, chances are that they would not work in the newly installed OS. There are a couple of better If it is solely a driver issue he can go into the system registry and manually remove the notations there to the device in question.

Windows Search service won't start
When you find the folder containing them, move them all to your new MailStore folder and make sure the old folder is empty. Double-click to expand the Windows folder, expand the CurrentVersion folder, and then expand the Setup folder. 3.. Double-click to expand the Migration folder, and click the 100 value. 4.

Can I delete all TMP, BAK, OLD and etc files?
If Deleted Items has messages you want to keep, instead of deleting it move (not copy) it to an empty Windows folder. Then use DBXtract on the old Deleted Items.dbx. DBXtract (free): http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/ You can drag the recovered messages from the Windows folder back into an OE folder in the Folder List

Importing -Outlook Express old emails (DBX) to windows Mail
Though I had thought I had set hidden and system files and folders to visible under FOLDER OPTIONS, I had not. I was staring at my desktop and realized I As expected, Windows created the windows.old directory with all my old files. I recovered them and then used disk cleanup to remove the old windows install.

Migrating Outlook Express Contacts and Emails from Old pc notebook
bilvihur bilvi...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general Mark, there's only one entry C:/Windows. Nothing else. "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: The old system is still being owned because the folder is still listed in your boot.ini. Start/Run, type: msconfig Boot tab, highlight old entry,

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... in a particular folder. My next step would be to delete all of the backups that are more than 1 week old. Any suggestions? *** This is not a Windows group, but for any version of DOS or Windows: XXCOPY C:\BACKUP\*.* /DB8D /RS This will remove source (files) in the BACKUP directory that are 8 or more days old.

The..... ZONE?
Though I had solved it, there is something I am still puzzled: there is a folder named "share" under /usr, and the files/folders in the folder "share" You say there is no response, after removing the old M2, to typing M2 If you mean you don't even get an error message from the shell about the program not being

Can't recreate old profile with new Outlook 2007 install + Con
I have 2 personnal folders in outlook. One good one bad... I want to remove the bad. I just have one personnal folder in the service tab of the service dialog box but I have 2 personnal folders in the pull down menu of the delivery tab. I also have 2 personnal folders in the folder windows of outlook.

Cannot find rule, address, etc. files in "windows.old' folder.
I tried to delete the reinstallation of win98 which I put on another partition or directory, and it wont delete!....so how do I delete the most recent win98 so that I can make the fix to my old one ........................................................... You will not be able delete EITHER windows folder from

OK to delete the SWP folder in my Windows folder?? it is 500 ...
Events (logged in this order) Application log: EventID 1008 The Windows Search Service is attempting to remove the old catalog. But if you end up changing the permissions on C:\programdata\microsoft\search so SYSTEM no longer has full access to this folder than this may prevent search from working.

How can I delete windows.old ?
brett dbrett1removet...@tiscali.co.uk microsoft public windows inetexplorer ie6_outlookexpress Ron, Thanks, I have opened a folder on my desktop in It is crazy to delete the old Identities. http://www.tiscali.co.uk/help/ Clicking email, then Setting up Outlook Express shows how to add an email account.

WLM 12.0.1606 not always shutting down & minor bugs
(My PC took a nose-dive, and the shop reinstalled Windows over itself.) I have safely gotten rid of most of "Old Programs", but being the observant person that I am, I *finally* noticed that there is also a "Windows.old" folder, right next to the "normal" Windows folder. This "old" Windows folder is taking up over

cannot install macaulay2-1.1-6 in windows 2003 ...
I'm looking on how to import outlook express email accounts into windows mail. I can import the email messages just fine, but not my 15 email accounts. I have created a folder and stored this onto the windows vista machine, named: Outlook Express Email Accounts. When I go to: Tools => Accounts => Import.

The "Picasa shows me a folder twice" duplicate bug
That's why you must completely remove all old files, registry entries, and everything related to the previous nVidia driver, and why people have created those And did you do the search in your Windows folder for files named nv*.* ? I'm thinking that the INF file is still in the INF folder. Does the INF folder

How do I uninstall these old uninstall XP hot fix references ...
My question is this: is there any repercussion to deleting the hidden $NtUninstall* files from the Windows XP folder? I never plan on uninstalling the updates I currently have, as they all work well without any conflict. Thanks in advance for the advice! Try this little program:

Phantom Recovery Console in Windows Boot Manager
"Daniel Royer" <dan...@royer.ch> wrote in message news:OVdFoRgdIHA.148@TK2MSFTNGP04. phx.gbl... I had to reinstall Vista Home premium several times on my son's laptop. Now he's stuck with three folders named "windows.old", "windows.old.000" and " windows.old.001" which I can't delete. I tried safe mode: no way.