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Re:New Skype Update Is Horrible by abhinickz on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @07:06AM (#14695079)
Windows.old contains your User Folder which have these folders Documents, Downloads, Google Drive etc.
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Re:New Skype Update Is Horrible by cricalix on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @07:25AM (#14695162)
No, it doesn't, or darn well shouldn't.

XP put that data in \Documents and Settings\<user>. Vista and 7 put it in \Users\<user>, and some stuff in \ProgramData.

If you've got user downloads and documents in \Windows (and thus \Windows.old), you're doing something really strange.

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Re:New Skype Update Is Horrible by NTripleOne on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @07:27AM (#14695170)
You appear to be under the impression that windows.old is a based on the windows folder.

It's not.

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Re:New Skype Update Is Horrible by ryanlol on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @08:39AM (#14695486)
Not sure why you're being downvoted. This is trivial to google https://www-howtogeek-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w1200/s/www....
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Re:New Skype Update Is Horrible by Mister_Snuggles on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @07:29AM (#14695179)
Those were moved to "c:\Documents and Settings" then c:\Users a long time ago.
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