title: Force restarted laptop when uninstalling XAMPP because it froze now the old XAMPP folder is stuck
body: <p>So after my laptop was turned back on, xampp is uninstalled (as it was no longer shown in my Programs and Features) but when I go into my C drive, the xampp folder is still there. </p>
  
  <p>I'm guessing it is because during the uninstall I had to force shut down my laptop since it froze, so it didn't finish uninstalling (remove the files)?</p>
  
  <p>I tried to delete the xampp folder but it will be forever loading and freezes up my laptop so I would have to force shut it down. I tried to go in and delete individual things which worked except from the apache folder. </p>
  
  <p>I tried to delete it by using git bash by doing some rm commands, that didn't do the trick either.</p>
  
  <p>I wanted to install xampp again but couldn't (since old xampp folder was there) so I renamed the old xampp folder to something else "blah". So now I have a xampp folder and a blah folder which is the old xampp folder.</p>
  
  <p>I read on stackoverflow that I need to stop Apache and mySQL in services.msc but I can't see those anywhere when I look into services.msc.  </p>
  
  <p>Btw I am using a Windows 8 laptop if that is helpful.</p>
  
  <p>Could anyone give me any guidance on how to delete this old xampp folder?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>