Disk Cleanup won't run properly

[ChyronDave]

When I try to do a disk cleanup on my desktop, the disk cleanup does the
analysis, but won't complete the function, displaying the message.

Cannot load 'Central.dll'

How do I go about correcting this issue?

 

[Gerry]

Dave

Has McAfee been installed on the computer.

If still on the computer try uninstalling and reinstalling McAfee


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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[ChyronDave]

I am currently running Norton Anti-Virus and do not have McAfee on my machine

 

[Gerry]

Dave

Select Start, Run, type "regedit" without quotes and click on OK. Place
the cursor on My Computer and using Edit, Find and search for
"central.dll". What do you find? Copy the key and post back the details.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[ChyronDave]

This is what I found when I did the registry search for "Central.dll"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\6B4D3AFF7EDB9BE42B0599B1460C99B8

 

[compassist.ja]

This is what I found when I did theregistrysearch for "Central.dll"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\6B4D3AFF7EDB9BE42B0599B1460C99B8

Do you need a registry cleaner?
I have a few links on my blog...
http://thevoiceoftech.blogspot.com/

James

 

[ChyronDave]

I don't really know enough about reg cleaning to know what to do (which, from
everything I've read, is a dangerous thing).

Hopefully, I can get the answer I need here

 

[Gerry]

http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/kappa.ro/downloads/12770082/

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cach...7EDB9BE42B0599B1460C99B8"&hl=en&gl=uk&strip=1

One of these leads a trail to:
http://www.kappa.ro/?langu=en

http://translate.google.co.uk/trans...ct=result&prev=/search?q=%22kappa.ro%22&hl=en

http://translate.google.co.uk/trans...ct=result&prev=/search?q=%22kappa.ro%22&hl=en
or
http://snurl.com/i51p8 [translate_google_co_uk]

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs and see if you have
McAfee Anti-Spyware listed. If it is click on Remove and see if it
removes central.dll.

You say you do not have McAfee. Are you sure it was part of a bundle of
software offered when you bought the computer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[ChyronDave]

I did have McAfee, but had uninstalled it for Norton because it (McAfee) was
having issues.

At the moment, the only thing that is showing up in the Add/Remove Programs
list for McAfee is McAfee QuickClean 4.0. I left it in there since I am not
sure whether I should try uninstalling that or not.

http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/kappa.ro/downloads/12770082/

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cach...7EDB9BE42B0599B1460C99B8"&hl=en&gl=uk&strip=1

One of these leads a trail to:
http://www.kappa.ro/?langu=en

http://translate.google.co.uk/trans...ct=result&prev=/search?q=%22kappa.ro%22&hl=en

http://translate.google.co.uk/trans...ct=result&prev=/search?q=%22kappa.ro%22&hl=en
or
http://snurl.com/i51p8 [translate_google_co_uk]

Select Start, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs and see if you have
McAfee Anti-Spyware listed. If it is click on Remove and see if it
removes central.dll.

You say you do not have McAfee. Are you sure it was part of a bundle of
software offered when you bought the computer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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This is what I found when I did the registry search for "Central.dll"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\6B4D3AFF7EDB9BE42B0599B1460C99B8

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I did have McAfee, but had uninstalled it for Norton because it (McAfee) was
having issues.

At the moment, the only thing that is showing up in the Add/Remove Programs
list for McAfee is McAfee QuickClean 4.0. I left it in there since I am not
sure whether I should try uninstalling that or not.

Sorry to tell you, but you are talking about the two worst anti-virus
programs available: Norton (the worst) and McAfee (only slightly
better).

I recommend NOD32, if you are wiling to pay for an anti-virus product,
or Avast, if you want a free one.

 

[ChyronDave]

Whether or not McAfee and Norton are of any value or not is immaterial at
this time. Right now, I need to find a solution to my current problem,
which is getting disk cleanup working once again.

Once that has been addressed, then we can discuss the merits of all the
various virus scanning programs.

 

[Gerry]

Dave

I think you should remove McAfee QuickClean 4.0.

An alternative to Disk CleanUp is cCleaner. It would be interesting to
know whether this has the same problem with central. dll? If it does
there is a feature, which I have not used, to excludes files which would
presumably enanable the process to complete.

cCleaner (freeware) which does a more thorough job than Disk CleanUp.
Disk CleanUp has to be run for each user profile, whereas cCleaner only
needs to be run once.
http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp
http://www.ccleaner.com/

With any cleaner you need to proceed with caution. To be safe you
should create a restore point before using cCleaner. cCleaner also
offers backup before removal.

When using cCleaner think twice before checking Autocomplete Form
History under Internet Explorer. You do get a warning but this one has
irritating consequences. You may need to restore your system's
recollection of passwords after use so keep a record off computer so
that they can easily be re-entered.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[ChyronDave]

uninstalling Quickclean and installing cCleaner seems to have gotten me back
to being able to manage drive space. Thanks.

cCleaner did find a number of registry issues (I just did the analysis). I
know from reading here that mucking with the registry could have dire
consequences. Do you have any suggestions as to what I should look to clear
out of there?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

uninstalling Quickclean and installing cCleaner seems to have gotten me back
to being able to manage drive space. Thanks.

cCleaner did find a number of registry issues (I just did the analysis). I
know from reading here that mucking with the registry could have dire
consequences. Do you have any suggestions as to what I should look to clear
out of there?

I'm not Gerry, but I have two suggestions for you:

1. CCleaner is an excellent program, and like Gerry, I recommend it.
However I recommend that you use all its features *except* its
registry cleaning. Its registry cleaning is somewhat safer than most
of the other registry cleaners, but, like all the others, it is not
completely safe.

2. Despite what many people think, and what vendors of registry
cleaning software try to convince you of, having unused registry
entries doesn't really hurt you. So I would ignore the registry issues
it found, do not look to clear anything out there, and avoid using its
registry cleaning facility in the future.

The risk of a serious problem caused by a registry cleaner erroneously
removing an entry you need is far greater than any potential benefit
it may have.

 

[Gerry]

Dave

I do not recommending using the Registry Cleaning component.

A Registry Cleaner claims to point out redundant entries but are they
redundant or merely those just not needed at the present time? If in the
second category the user is likely to encounter problems when the user's
needs change and the registry entry is needed to accomodate the change?
How can an automated registry cleaner have a crystal ball to know what
the user might want at a future time? The risks from removing are not
justied by any performance gain.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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