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Recover Data From Windows.old Folder In A Quick But Safe Way 1 year 35 weeks ago

A large number of Windows users will find there's a folder called "Windows.old" in the system partition. To free up space, some of them would consider deleting this folder. But what does Windows.old folder contain exactly? How to recover data from Windows.old folder after you deleted it by mistake?

You may easily find people caring about how to restore Windows.old files when surfing the internet. Yet, many of you don't know why they want to retrieve files from the Windows.old folder. To figure this out, you must have a good understanding of how Windows.old folder is generated and what does it contain.

How To Password Protect Your WordPress Admin Directory 2 years 29 weeks ago

In order to prevent “Brute Force Attacks” on your WordPress website, all you need is to password protect WordPress admin directory.Every WordPress installation has 3 main directories.
wp-content: this folder contains themes, plugins, images and uploads folder and files.
wp-includes: this directory includes all PHP related files and functions which actually required for running WordPress.
wp-admin: this folder is the front end of WordPress dashboard, from here you can manage all of your website settings.

How to Delete Windows.old Folder after Windows Update 1 year 47 weeks ago

After upgrading your PC to a new Windows version, the previous Windows installation will be kept in a folder called Windows.old folder on your hard drive for 30 days or 10 days (after Windows 10 Anniversary Update).

With this folder, your PC can revert to the previous state when your new operating system goes wrong. However, this folder always takes much disk space, which makes an impact on the disk performance, so some of you don’t want it. Besides, if you feel satisfied with your new OS, you can choose to delete Windows.old folder. Well then, how can you completely remove the Windows.old folder? Let’s walk through some details.

If You Cannot Decrypt Files in Windows 10, Here Are the Solutions! 30 weeks 9 hours ago

As you know, encrypting a certain file or folder is likely to be a good way to keep it safe so that only you have the access to that file or folder. In Windows 10 OS, Microsoft developers haven’t changed the way to encrypt your data from how it is done in previous versions of Windows.

To encrypt a file or folder, you can right-click on the target file or folder and click Properties. Then, on the General tab, click the Advanced button and check Encrypt content to secure data under the Compress and encrypt attributes section. Next, execute the change by hitting OK. After file encryption, if other persons don’t have a key or password, they cannot read your data.

How Can You Fix Downloads Folder Layout As Your Wishes? 3 weeks 9 hours ago

If you are running Windows 1903, you may discover that the files in the Downloads folder are grouped by date. This is not a bug by only a default setting. In this post, we will show you two ways to fix Downloads folder layout. To rescue your lost files in the Downloads folder, you can use MiniTool Software.

How to Delete Windows.old Files and Folder in Windows 10 1 year 46 weeks ago

If you upgrade your Windows 7/8 to Windows 10, or you upgrade Windows 10 to the latest version, you will have a Windows.old folder saved on your C drive. This folder is used to roll back to the previous version of your Windows. However, if you are satisfied with the current operating system, probably you want to delete Windows.old, which usually takes 10 GB around disk space.

So what we are going to talk about is how to delete Windows.old folder.

Can’t Delete Windows.old Folder or Subfolders Windows 10 – Solved 1 year 29 weeks ago

Windows.old folder is created when you upgrade the operating system or install Windows on an existing version of Windows. Since it contains Windows operating system and necessary apps, it takes a significant amount of disk space up to 15GB around. Users who have installed Windows 10 on a smaller SSD and won’t roll back Windows to the previous version can go straightforward to delete that folder.