cleanmgr doesn't work

[Frank Burns]

Whenever I ty to run cleanmgr it just sits there forever doing nothing.
It shows up in the Task List but has a CPU time of zero.
Any ideas?

Frank.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

If its hanging on the Compress Old Files section, see http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm, Line 48, Right column, Disk Cleanup, Compress Old Files Freezes. See the instructions at the top of the page for the use of REG files.

 

[Frank Burns]

Thanks Doug -- that worked a treat!


If its hanging on the Compress Old Files section, see
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm, Line 48, Right column, Disk
Cleanup, Compress Old Files Freezes. See the instructions at the top of the
page for the use of REG files.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You're welcome