Need help Uncompressing "Disk Cleanup" damage

[Need Help]

Hi all. I accidentally check the compress old files in windows native Disk
Cleanup software. Now I have a 20% reduction in my system's performance. Is
there anyway to uncompress my system32 files & gain back my system's
performance without having to format my entire hard drive? Because that is
what the IT guy at my job recommended. Some of the system files in use will
not accept any uncompression commands from the "Run" window prompt. spent a
week trying to undo this. GUYS I NEED HELP!!!!!!!

 

[Gerry]

I manually compress files by right clicking on the containing folder in
Windows Explorer and selecting Properties, Advanced. and check the box
before "Compress contents to save Disk space" , then clicking on Apply
and OK. It is really only worth the effort with Archives, Windows Update
Uninstall folders and System Restore points if you hold a lot. Files /
folders need to be large, rarely accessed and capable of significant
compression.

You do the reverse to decompress. i.e. uncheck the box before "Compress
contents to save Disk space" , click on Apply and OK. Do folders one
at a time as if you decompressed your Windows folder it would take a
long time and leave you wondering whether it was working. Please note
that compressed files are displayed in Windows Explorer in a blue font
and uncompressed file in a grey / black font.

You only need to decompress files regularly accessed.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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[Anna]

Hi all. I accidentally check the compress old files in windows native Disk
Cleanup software. Now I have a 20% reduction in my system's performance.
Is
there anyway to uncompress my system32 files & gain back my system's
performance without having to format my entire hard drive? Because that is
what the IT guy at my job recommended. Some of the system files in use
will
not accept any uncompression commands from the "Run" window prompt. spent
a
week trying to undo this. GUYS I NEED HELP!!!!!!!

First of all, it's hard to imagine you would suffer a "20% reduction in my
system's performance" because the "Compress old files" feature in Disk
Cleanup has been invoked. Surely there's something more involved here that's
slowing down your system.

It is true, however, that for the vast majority of users it's unnecessary to
use the "Scanning: Compress old files" routine when invoking the Disk
Cleanup process. It really slows down that process.

A user can get around this by simply accessing the registry (Start > Run >
regedit), navigating to...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Compress
old files
and deleting that registry key.
Anna

 

[PaulM]

He can go here line 50.
This script will fix compress files.

http://www.paulsxp.com/tweaksxp.html

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[Need Help]

Hi all (^_^) Thanks for the assistance. Now I have managed to uncompress the
majority of my files using the

compact u/ i/ a/ s:\

command but not the system 32 files in use. I get denied access to them even
in safe mode & I can't get the recovery console to work either so I want to
try something else. Anna, which entries should I delete from the registry key
& will doing so return my systems performance back to normal? the entries
listed there are 3 as the following:

(Default) {in AB red letters}
Priority {in 0011 blue letters}
State Flags {in 0011 blue letters}