What If You Delete the Windows Folder?
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- WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DELETE THE WINDOWS FOLDER?
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We've all heard the joke about deleting System32, and I even made a video showing what happens if you do that. But have you ever wondered what would happen if you were to delete the entire Windows directory? That's what this video finds out. Will Windows crash in the middle of it? Will it just freeze up? And what will happen if you try to reboot and repair the installation? Find out!
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Let me know if anyone has more ideas for "What If" videos, these are usually pretty fun to make.
Me, being in IT for over 20 years, I've seen a end user actually do this at a company I once worked at.
This was back in the days of Windows 95! Due to that, back then, hard drive capacities were so small (i.e. 250 MB, etc...) Hard drive space was always a challenge to maintain. So I made the mistake, back then, to instruct a end user that when they feel their hard drive is running out of space, to delete all the temp files and folders that they are not using so the computer won't crash.
Well, unbeknownst to me I never thought a user would delete the Windows folder. I Thought they knew what this folder was for. Unfortunately, they didn't and one day when I was coming into work, my pager (yes, PAGER!) was blowing up.
When I got to work, the user told me that the computer wouldn't boot. After scavenging for the Windows boot floppy disks (yes, THAT'S FLOPPY DISKS! LOL) when I got into the command prompt, I noticed the Windows folder was missing. I asked the end user where it went, "SHE" told me that she never used that folder and so she deleted it to gain some more space on the computer, but then the computer blue screen'd on her and crashed! LOL
I never made that mistake again on informing end users to delete anything from their computers!! LOL
ThioJoe what if you delete system32, sysWOW64, windows, and some other important folders?
Nvm it's all in the windows folder, so my question has been answered by your video
What if you delete the system file in Mac OS?
@Win32Application - System File I know that but ThioJoe asked about that and I answered it accurately right? 😂 Best answer of the question 🤣
3020: what if we remove brain from a human.
This needs more likes
JRJDJDJ hmm KSJSKS I 😭✋
@@strmy8508 you have stroke?
@@strmy8508 u ok...
Cyberpunk intensifies
What if you delete the Windows folder ?
The NSA won’t be able to spy on you, because you got rid of Windows
Rise up, linux gang!
And that is why Mac is more secure. Jk.
Ra_The_RECKER UNIX in general is more secure
Anis360, I literally said jk.
Ra_The_RECKER Ok, didn’t notice that
me when I don't have any space left on my computer: goodbye windows... you did well
lol
😂😂😂
Lol
@LoMoOnRR what?-
@LoMoOnRR wdym
When your mom tries to delete stuff for storage:
True lmao
my mom runs x86 windows and wanted to delete "Program Files (x86)" because she didn't know what it was and didn't see it in her C:\ drive
@@Sasparilla_ did she delete it?
@@Sasparilla_ 9 year old me making some room for free Minecraft on my mom's expensive laptop:
Btw I really did that
1970: It’s fun the think about what people will be doing with computers in 50 years.
2020:
BRUH HAHAHAHAHA
Al Ru there was not computers back then btw
@@alomico uhh the first computer was made in 1936... Or 1943, I'm not too sure, but I'm sure computers have been around for a while in 1970. Please do some research before commenting.
1970 is 50 years ago?
@@rieldebonk1044 yes
Me, being in IT for over 20 years, I've seen a end user actually do this at a company I once worked at.
This was back in the days of Windows 95! Due to that, back then, hard drive capacities were so small (i.e. 250 MB, etc...) Hard drive space was always a challenge to maintain. So I made the mistake, back then, to instruct a end user that when they feel their hard drive is running out of space, to delete all the temp files and folders that they are not using so the computer won't crash.
Well, unbeknownst to me I never thought a user would delete the Windows folder. I Thought they knew what this folder was for. Unfortunately, they didn't and one day when I was coming into work, my pager (yes, PAGER!) was blowing up.
When I got to work, the user told me that the computer wouldn't boot. After scavenging for the Windows boot floppy disks (yes, THAT'S FLOPPY DISKS! LOL) when I got into the command prompt, I noticed the Windows folder was missing. I asked the end user where it went, "SHE" told me that she never used that folder and so she deleted it to gain some more space on the computer, but then the computer blue screen'd on her and crashed! LOL
I never made that mistake again on informing end users to delete anything from their computers!! LOL
Lol that's hilarious
That's a great story, well told, I giggled a lot. ( "she") ( floppydisks) (pager) ( never used it) HAHA.
@@geezermann7865 LOL
well well i have being into programming since 1984 , didn't prevent me from doing a sql query update without the where... so 250 000 names had the same one
@@yussef961 OMG 😲 That must have been terrible
I will always do backups from now on
"I deleted the windows folder" and now im happily staring at a blank screen
How can u open youtube in a blank screen?
@@goobersshenanigans imposter
@@goobersshenanigans sadly no because there is nothing to compile JavaScript anymore the programming language youtube it is in
@Dominick Howard what are you talking about
@Dominick Howard Fix what?
Thanks I did this and I got a huge FPS boost. Recommend.
(Don’t it’s a joke)
@ZianDaReal yeah
I can now run cyberpunk at 200 frames
@@chingchonggaminglegomangam3700 pathetic
does anyway
Before my system used to run like a microwave and sound like a jet engine and after this amazing tip I can finally use my computer in silence but only one problem my screen's not turning on but its not a big problem
Q: What If You Delete The Windows Folder?
A: You'll get early access to Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC
I wish
I think I'll just wait 3 more weeks instead.
Rockstar Games wants to know your location
r/whoosh
i D0ит gзt iT
"you know theres a problem when task manager doesnt respond"
pff, that happens everytime i open it on my laptop
same here man... ur not the only one with 2 gb ram and a 2.9 GHz Intel processor
ONLY one???? Pfffft
Pffftt Taskmanager uses alot of ram and cpu to open for me
That happens to me too
@@indianplay2 my guy i got a 2.4 get on my level
Me: I'm running out of space on my computer!
My grandpa: let me fix that for you.
My grandpa: 3:50
So true
Lol
I made 69 likes
Me: Opens task manager to close a crashed program.
Task manager: Stops responding.
Me: You have become the very thing I swore to destroy.
pog
If that happens press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to start another one this time Task Manager starts in lightweight mode.
@@olimpather j o k e
@@olimpather I came here for stupid things and I actually learn something now
Thanos: I used the stones to destroy the stones.
ThioJoe: I used windows to destroy windows.
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I think it would be interesting if you removed as much files as possible from the windows while windows is running wait and then recover through the recycling bin to see how it acts.
sometimes, if a file is too big to be on the recycle bin, it just deletes it entirely instead of going through the recycle bin fiest
@@XPNGameryou mean first
Where were you 10 years ago, when I was 11 and I have learned all of this by myself...
Impressive.....
I was 6 and I learned all of those :)
You don't need to get rid of windows.
You just need curtains, problem solved
Yoouuuuuuuu.......
I use doors
You Need House Beacuse No Home Are Not Windows To
hahahaha
you freaking genius....
I like the part when the repair gets to the “diagnosing your PC” like it’s a doctor.
"you have been diagnosed with deleted windows folder."
It cant succeed because it is deleted anyways
@santa's replicas yep-
@Xavier yes
It's like looking at a body with no skin and no organs and beign like : hmmm I think he has a cold
ThioJoe: You know there's a problem when even the Task Manager freezes
My Task Manager: FREEZES whenever I need it.
Lol
That also the same thing for mee
@@kollivenkateswarlu2083 Task Manger:"Windows is Kinda THICC"
Local Disk (C): _Task Manger Please Boot Up Windows Again with a Disk_
I tried that multiple times in the past with Windows XP and this operating system is easier to break than Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10.
Wow, who would have guessed
(Sarcasm)
It will speed up your computer 69x
Nice
And your computer will run on 6969696959fps 😆
@@a.b.2532 what? Google's Quantum Computer? Or NASA's Super Computer?
ThioJoe 2011: How to double your internet speed
2019:
What you lied to me it's not even turning on!
ThioJoe 2011: how to double your Internet speed
2019:
I remember watching that video like 3 years ago
OH SHIT 69 LIKES XD
I CANT LIKE THIS
@@1traitd4nger yeah you cant you gacha player
@@cappyishere what's wrong with gacha?
@@shou_gana1 yea. Gacha is amazing!
while watching this on my pc, My pc was crying and asking me that "you wont do this to me will you?" and I said "YES"
my pc Suddenly ShutDown.
r/woooosh
@@internetexplorer254 r/woooosh
@@internetexplorer254 nigga
@@internetexplorer254 nigga
@maczonaczo 1113 niigga
ThioJoe: Deletes windows folder
OBS Studio: Bye.
Video:*ends*
This is like that video of the old man deleting his computer
@@merrillgeorge1838 r/woooosh
@@merrillgeorge1838 *yes*
@@merrillgeorge1838 did you forget to turn off the lights?!?!?!
@@merrillgeorge1838 I am the monster that lives under your bed.
@@merrillgeorge1838 lol it was me making those ticking noises all along
*what happens if you delete “windows”* : You can now touch the pixels
air gets in your pc, no more windows! ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯
there’s 69 likes i can’t like it lol. Nice
@@maggiewalsh7223 76 now buster
@@WolfyRed 209 now buster
@@SquooshyShark1000 218 now buster
short answer: you get Michaelsoft binbows
A- are y- y- y- you m- ma- mart- m- Martin Madrazo? G- g- gr- g- gree- green light?
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Hey Vsauce,Michael here. Your computer,if its windows,relies on the windows folder. Or...does it?
@@ricardosdmkk Martin Madrazo is impressed by your work.
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Isn’t this like.....ripping someone’s brain out piece by piece while their awake
Critical files: **get deleted**
The exact same files being stored in the RAM: _Come this is no place to die._
Windows Folder:*gets deleted*
Windows: ._.
Critical files deleted = Lita Kino
The same critical files being stored in the RAM = *Evil Lita Kino trying to trap the innocent and the Sailor Scouts*
0:40 at least Its not Raid shadow legends
Haha yes
xdddddd
bonk
bonk
@@hipxel8918 bonk
You: deletes the windows folder
The pc: sucks into itself
Thank You Thio
ThioJoe: *DELETES WINDOWS*
Me: *buys a curtain*
Delete the Windows32 and Windows64
@@TheStaticDude oh
@@TheStaticDude howd you find that out?
@@TheStaticDude are you Indian?
😭✋
This video is gonna be in everyone’s recommended after 7 years...
in my reccomended now
You were few years off
6 years and 9 months too early.
20 years
I've seen random vids from 12-13 years ago pop into my feed
You are too great.. I was just wondering about this and you did it😂😂😂😂
I just realized in the computer never blue screens, it just jumps straight to conclusions of death, unless the starter repairs a beast
0:39 His headphone stand changes place
Oop
*GHOST*
*BRO IT WAS THE CHANGE OF CAMERA POSITION*
@@aaryamayya then why did nothing else move
@@articcle Oh , I see it now
ThioJoe: attempts to delete windows folder with file explorer
cmd: am i a joke to you?
lame
Ali Zohair Nayani Lmao
@@mrhaxorzz8521 ROFL
ProcessHacker: Am i a joke to you?
Lol
Windows: says something can be severely damaging if deleted.
Joe: _delete it_
"I used the pc to destroy the pc"
The BIN: “Hippety hoppety your pc is now my property”
destruction 100
This is like asking: "What if you ate yourself" on a technical view
Imagine System32 is Brain and now I can imagine the most horror scenario possible.
CREAM
its like the meme where you put the “this pc” into the recycle bin and the pc starts eating itself
Fun fact: Its actually more efficient letting your body system use up your fat and muscle for nutrition than to eat yourself, and get the energy from the digestion.
Windows watching you tear the entire system apart like: 😐
I feel like if you shut down your virtual computer with the virtual machine program after deleting the entire windows folder that it wouldn't even show a bluescreen and it would just go to a black screen as if the motherboard was fried.
If we delete Windows, we end with Wall.
This is underrated holy
@@t.0546 more like holey, like the wall...
@R̵a̷l̷s̴e̷i̶ oh yes, delete it
Hi u have deleted windows
would u like to replace it with Door
Or would u like the newest version of door
called "D00R" [.Y./.n.] ~ ~
@@leighemdahlgrenbastarache3564 exactly
Joe: Uses highlight tool
Ctrl + A: Am I a joke to you
Ctrl A Doesnt do anything
@@Name-sb2in it highlights all...
@@OatsAC not when I do it lol
@@Name-sb2in you have to specify the window you are working in.
In other words, click on a file inside the window you want to operate in and then do Ctrl+A [or Ctrl+a] to select all
@@Name-sb2in to add to the comment above, you can press alt tab to switch windows
Me: looks around my windows folder and selects everything and diselecting
My cat: presses delete when i am playing with the select feature in the windows folder
My labtop: explodes
Me:GRRRRRR
When all options to clean space always fill the space instead, you have to delete Windows folder.
• Did you make sure to take ownership of the files before granting write/delete permissions?
• If you recycle, then of course it will slow down; it will get very slow as the bin fills with more and more items which it has to keep track of. You should have deleted them instead of recycling. Moreover, if they're recycled instead of deleted, the files still exist and will continue to be used in-memory, so it only _looks_ like they've been deleted.
• A real pro would have killed the Explorer and just used the command line to _rd /s /q c:\windows_ 😛
• Did you install Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code in the VM or do they come pre-installed now? 🤨
ThioJoe: *desperately trying to delete the Windows folder*
Windows: *ok boomer*
I just delete the entire C: drive. Nothing bad will happen because Steam is on the Z: drive.
@OutFoxingFoxysOrder no, boomers are those fat zombies that puke on you and attract more zombies
You: Deletes system 32
Your Pc: You have ended my suffering
I’m glad I subbed to you
Me: *Opens task manager to force close a crashing app*
Task manager: **Stops responding**
Me: Welp... What do I do now?
Me:opens task manager
Apps: right boiz back to work
process hacker 2/3
You can shutdown the whole pc..
Open the task manager to force close the task manager 🤔
@Matteo Cuneo then cmd stops working.
Microsoft: plz keep the folder safe
Thio: no i don't think i will
MICROSOFT :PROTECT IT PROTECT THE SYSTEM FILES
thio:no i want to DELETE EVERIFING HAHAHAHA
*drags windows folder to trash*
PC: adios amigos
*vanishes*
"Except that nothing opens when you click on it"
File Browser: Are you sure about that?
When you realise you make the folder in the virtual box sync with your real pc:
You: 💀💀💀
Then your pc is fuckd
☠️
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Just kidding im not a snowflake
@@AlexYazanGames ok
when u need more space on C:
😂
Friend: It's just a prank, bro
The prank:
"Wait, the virtual machine didn't open. This was the real deal" famous last words
When you delete 'windows' the air can pass through
Edit: advancement achieved 1k likes
Woohoo
thinking outside the folder I like that
🤣
No, you just click on 'Windows' tons of times to open tons of windows.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Underated comment
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When he deleted the files at 2:43, my youtube on my phone crashed.
* it actually crashed so i got the idea*
@@badatgames_pizza_studio bruh
Rgst43s3cbnmav23 sctrbt3 rkm
@@badatgames_pizza_studio you didn’t even write that correctly
@@badatgames_pizza_studio i would say you used the wrong platform, but youtube is in the name
If you delete my computer your computer will disappear 😂
Me at 2 AM : interesting
1k views and I was the only one to click on the poll😂
*poll
Grammar nazi
that's spelling not grammar
Q: How to get rid of window
A: *THROW YOUR COMPUTER OUT OF THE WINDOWS*
I wish I had someone like you to work on my computer, that thing is slow as a dead cheetah
His computer: task manager stops responding
Mine: the not responding message stops responding
Here is what I think, windows DOES have a recovery partition in the disk completely different from the so called C: drive. And if the folder is deleted, you most likely will get a error number as soon as you hit the power button (depends on how long it takes to POST from BIOS)
"You know there's an issue when task manager itself stops responding"
Me waiting for TM to open up for 5 minutes:
i cant even run mc and chrome at the same time lmao
@@durag_activity i cant even run mc lol
@@anirudhsrihari7541 lol rip what are ur specs?
@@durag_activity idk bro its like 7 years old
@@anirudhsrihari7541 bruh I got my pc last year and I still can't run mc and chrome at the same time
Windows: You can't defeat me
ThioJoe: I know but he can
Restart
“Task Manager is not responding”
“Would you like to launch Task Task Manager”
I’ve always been confused about why the critical Windows files are just as easy to get to as any other old file on the computer. Wouldn’t they want to have to folders hidden away or something, so that they can’t be deleted accident or by someone that’s clueless about the importance of those files?
Well you can't actually do anything to the root folders on the C: drive (or wherever windows in is installed), because by default you don't have access to them. And the average idiot won't know how to get access. Also any attempt at making devices more closed is a terrible idea for people who actually know what they're doing. I hate you can't do shit with smartphones because they're so locked down.
No one:
Literraly no one:
Random Annoying people: Errors are red, my screen is blue, I think i deleted syst-
Me: *Stops Reading*
Yes funny
@@MadelineTTY then sorry you don't seem satisfied or you don't understand these.
Em 32!
errOrS arE red my screeN is bLue i Think i deleted system 32
@@gxmp. it doesn't have anything to do with him understanding it... Theyre just annoying and repetitive
This guy is amazing I am 100% subscribed
Task manager and the icons on the task bar werent responding cuz of cpu overload (i know it cuz i had laptop that had always 90% cpu usage) when you were deleting the files
damn, i clicked on the poll and it was 100% on everyone I clicked LMAO
When you delete windows folder
You delete the whole windows
True.
*suprised pikachu*
This is the best video of you 😊😊😊
ThioJoe. One of the most underrated youtubers of all time.
thio : there are also plenty of other files like system resources that we can mess around.
me : *giggles sinisterly*
Alternative title: making this virtual console into my old laptop
I paid for the full storage, i use the full storage
mom: get of your pc, James!
Me: no problem! *deletes the windows folder and restarts the pc*
*mom yells at me demonically*
The reason Windows kept running is because almost everything is loaded to memory when it first starts up. That's why you need so much memory just to run Windows 10
I just came here for the comments after reading the title!
Funny that I happened to have the same issue of the diagnose tool not working even when I did absolutey NOTHING to Windows.
Welcome to the another episode of *What 2021 Led Me*
*"Windows: the most common computer virus ever known."*
Well, kind of true if you have it on a Mac (excluding Boot Camp) or a Linux.
And even on chromebook, I saw fake download ads that download a file called Windows on my chromebook
linux is not a computer like mac moron
@@e14ee ironic
Friend: What happens if I delete windows folder?
Me which knows everything: you get free access to everything and shutdown the entire Windows company
i was hoping that u would be able to delete some windows files from the windows folder because
my laptop's storage capacity is 21gb and the folder took up 14gb of the storage💀💀
short answer: you have to reinstall windows
Or get linux.
This has been my entertainment since Windows 98! Whenever it was time for a format and reinstall, I would first boot up Windows one last time and then delete the windows folder only to watch it suffer.
Thanks for doing this!
@@axelestial about twice a year
What if you delete the Windows folder?
Answer: Then you delete the Windows folder
each 60 seconds a minute passes
The floor is made of floor
Every 1 minute in Africa, 60 seconds passes
Wow such knowlegde
Breathing makes you breathe
Finallly, some good questions.
When the task manager is not responding 😂😂🤘🏻
i know windows and system 32 from the first computer i ever used with xp when i went digging for the "secret song" just to seem cool to my brother and whoever
MAC: Work stuff and editing
WINDOWS: Gaming and editing
LINUX: Hacking
I hope this guide helps you
Browsers: Google chrome: the normal one. Microsoft Edge: outdated asf. Opera: *Privacy at its finest* TOR: welcome to the dark web right here is ARGs here its people getting kidnapped and here it's P0RN
Thx fbi
I love the joke at the beginning of the video
Imagine someone saying in there "how to boost up your computer"
and if you want to boost up the most things on your computer you will need to delete the windows folder