I would like the windows defragmenter to run once a week in the background.
Win XP SP3 does not seem to have this facility.
Can it be done, somehow?

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"Walter R." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I would like the windows defragmenter to run once a week in the background.
>Win XP SP3 does not seem to have this facility.
> Can it be done, somehow?

Have you tried the task scheduler? You will likely find that this does
require a password on the account to actually run.

Start, Run, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Scheduled Tasks.

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-pk

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> Walter
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Walter R. wrote:
> I would like the windows defragmenter to run once a week in the
> background. Win XP SP3 does not seem to have this facility.
> Can it be done, somehow?

Now is a great time to point you to one of the easiest ways to find
information on problems you may be having and solutions others
have found:

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

For example, taking a combination of your subject and body...
One could come up with:

How can I schedule the defragmenter in Windows XP
http://www.google.com/search?q=How+c...+in+Windows+XP

For which the first hit is:
How to Automate Disk Defragmenter Using Task Scheduler Tool in ...
308569 HOW TO: Schedule Tasks in Windows XP For additional
information about the limitations of the Disk Defragmenter tool in
Windows, see the following ...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555098

Which explains it in detailed step-by-step instructions...

<start copy of web page instructions>
1. Open Control Panel
2. Double-click Scheduled Tasks
3. Double-click Add Scheduled Task
4. On the Scheduled Task Wizard dialog, click Next
5. Click Browse
6. In the Select Program to Schedule dialog, navigate to the
windows\system32 folder
7. Select defrag.exe
8. Click Open
9. In the Scheduled Task Wizard dialog, type a name for the scheduled task
(Disk Defragmenter, for instance)
10. Under Perform this task, select how often you wish Disk Defragmenter to
run
11. Click Next
12. Set the time at which you wish the Disk Defragmenter scheduled task to
run. This should be a time when your computer is on, but not in heavy use.
13. Select the frequency at which you want the Disk Defragmenter scheduled
task to run (Every Day, Weekdays, or Every <N> days, where <N> is the number
of days between scheduled runs)
14. Click Next
15. Enter a user name under which the Disk Defragmenter scheduled task will
run. Note: This user must be an administrator on the local machine.
16. Enter the password for the user you entered in the previous step
17. Confirm the password for the user
18. Click Next
19. Check Open advanced properties for this task when I click Finish
20. Click Finish
21. In the Run text box, you should see the full path and command for
defrag.exe. By default, this path is C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\defrag.exe
22. Append the drive letter for the drive you wish to defragment to the
command in the Run text box. In a default installation, your Run command
will look like this:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\defrag.exe C:
23. Click OK
24. In the Set Account Information dialog, enter and confirm the password
for the user listed in Run as
25. Click OK

Disk Defragmenter will now run as the specified user on the schedule you
specified when you created the scheduled task.
<end copy of web page instructions>

Come back - let everyone know if that is what you were looking for and how
it worked out for you!

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