If you get message “ The system cannot find the file specified” it means the folder is already deleted. If this does not work the first time, or you get maybe an Access Denied message, restart your computer and run these commands again. If this works, you will see a Successfully processed message. Icacls C:\$Windows.~WS\*.* /T /grant administrators:F Now copy-paste the following and hit Enter to delete the contents of $Windows.~WS directory Icacls C:\$Windows.~BT\*.* /T /grant administrators:F Select Command Prompt (Admin).Ĭopy-paste the following and hit Enter to delete the contents of $Windows.~BT directory takeown /F C:\$Windows.~BT\* /R /A Right-click on Start button to open the WinX Menu. If you are unable to right-click on them and select Delete, you can use the following commands to change permissions and force-delete them.
$Windows.~BT and $Windows.~WS are temporary folders and can be safely deleted. Is it safe to delete $Windows.~BT & $Windows.~WS folders So deleting these would mean reclaiming a lot of valuable disk space. You will see that $Windows.~BT is around 625MB and $Windows.~WS occupies around 5.6GB. Right-click on these and select Properties. To see these hidden folders, Open your File Explorer to C Drive and under View tab, check the Show hidden files checkbox. The question now is – Is it safe to delete these $Windows.~BT and $Windows.~WS folders? These folders are created by Windows, during the upgrade process. After you upgrade to Windows 10 you may notice two folders on your System or C Drive named $Windows.~BT and $Windows.~WS.
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