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I am the only user on my laptop. I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Anytime I try to delete the Windows.old folder, I get a prompt that says

Folder Access Is Denied You will need administrator privileges to delete this folder.

UAC is turned off. Why am I unable to delete this folder?

EDIT
Yes, I have googled, I saw this post here, and tried to follow the instructions but no success

http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-delete-the-windows-old-folder-from-windows-10/

EDIT #2
@Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 -- I have tried the solutions provided in both of the links you flagged as potential duplicates and neither solved my issue.

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Use Disk Cleanup to delete this folder or wait for 30 days

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Duplicate of this question, too How do I remove the 'Windows.Old' directory in Windows 10?

From that question: Settings App -> Storage -> Temp Files -> Delete Previous Versions That should work on Windows 10

If that doesn't work, please show us the output, and why it didn't work/error message.

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