$WINDOWS.~Q - What is this folder for?

A new folder, $WINDOWS.~Q, was created after I had my computer upgraded from
Windows XP to Vista Ultimate.
Do I need to keep this folder, or Can I delete this folder?

Thanks to all advance.

Young

If you absolutely know you will no longer need any of the files from your
in-place upgrade (files saved from the old system such as: My Documents, My
Music, etc. that the upgrade moved into here because it could not figure out
where to put them) then you can delete these two directories:

$WINDOWS.~Q
$INPLACE.~TR

Or use Windows Cleanup:
You can use the Disk Cleanup tool to permanently delete the folders, click
to select Files discarded by Windows Upgrade in the Files to delete list.



"Youngmin Rhee" <deepbluelake@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:89103490-699F-4AC8-BD0C-05EB900BFB88@microsoft.com...
>A new folder, $WINDOWS.~Q, was created after I had my computer upgraded
>from Windows XP to Vista Ultimate.
> Do I need to keep this folder, or Can I delete this folder?
>
> Thanks to all advance.
>
> Young
>