defragmenter in vista

[Andy]

If I click on defragmenter in vista (dfrgui.exe) in my vista zilch
happens! - it wont start, anyone know why please?

Thanks,

Andy.

 

[Andrew McLaren]

If I click on defragmenter in vista (dfrgui.exe) in my vista zilch
happens! - it wont start, anyone know why please?

Maybe defrag is already running in the background? You can't have more than
one instance of dfrgui.exe running at the same time. If you try to start a
second instance, it may silently fail.

Look in Task Manager to see if there is an instance of dfgui.exe already
running.

Also not that Defrag in Vista does not provide the colourful UI from
previous versions. Defrag was re-written by Microsoft to remove the last of
the code licensed from Executive Software; and also to get a security
review. It was noted that the old GUI, although appealing, was actually an
extremely inaccuarate picture of what was really happening on the disk. Also
in Vista, defrag is scheduled to run silently in the background, so a glossy
UI was less important than before. In Vista, all you get is the "Disk
Defragmanter" dialogue box, with a "Run on a Schedule" option (selected by
default) and a "Defragment Now" button to kick off a manual defrag.

If you have no instances of Defrag currently running or scheduled, and you
cannot get even this minimal Defrag, then, yeah: you may have a problem.

Hope it helps,

 

[Andy]

Thanks, I checked and Defragmenter wasnt/isnt running already in the
background.

Andy.

 

[Andy]

Thanks, C:\Windows\System32\dfrgui.exe I was clicking on. If I go into
command prompt in windows and select Defrag.exe then that works. But what I
have done now is downloaded that http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag/
program and that seems to be going good. Strange I cannot get dfrgui.exe to
work though, maybe a service hasn't initialised?

Thanks again for the link to the program.

Andy.

 

[Andrew McLaren]

Thanks, I checked and Defragmenter wasnt/isnt running already in the
background.

Hmm, in that case ... sorry, I dunno.

I'd suggest check in the Windows System and Application Event logs (in
Adminstrative Tools) to see if any events are logged about why Defrag cannot
lauch (eg it might be silently crashing, etc).

Also, go to Control Panel, System and Maintenance, Problem Reports and
Solutions, to see if Windows has detected an error in Defrag (eg the process
ended with an access violation, etc instead of a normal ExitProcess).

Also, try running the EXE from an administrative Command Prompt - dfgrui.exe
requires administrative elavation, there may be something blocking process
elevation when you try to launch it from the GUI??

Apart from that ... sorry, I dunno :-(

 

[Andy]

Andy,

Your welcome. Have you tried doing a restart to see if maybe it was
just a temporary fluke caused by some conflict?

Shawn

Thanks, yes I tried restart but it seems to have been disabled like that for
some time. Never mind that free defrag program seemed to work fine and I
like it better than the normal XP/Vista one anyway because of the graphics,
I find there is something quite satisfying about seeing the blocks moving
around like that whilst its defragging the drive!

Andy.

 

[The poster formly known as Nina DiBoy]

If I click on defragmenter in vista (dfrgui.exe) in my vista zilch
happens! - it wont start, anyone know why please?

Thanks,

Andy.

Search for AusLogics disk defrag. Better than vista's built in defrag,
free, and vista compatible.

Have you also checked to make sure your defrag service is not disabled?

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[DevilsPGD]

I find there is something quite satisfying about seeing the blocks moving
around like that whilst its defragging the drive!

You could always download an AVI and play that, if it makes you feel
better.

 

[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

Andy wrote:

Search for AusLogics disk defrag. Better than vista's built in defrag

Apparently not, in terms of what it does (as tested by a site that
compared several such things). At least it has a better UI, tho.

free, and vista compatible.

Also waves a prominent "download me!" button for what looks like
feeware snakeoil. If you dislike the adware flavor, pass this one.

 

[The poster formly known as Nina DiBoy]

Apparently not, in terms of what it does (as tested by a site that
compared several such things). At least it has a better UI, tho.


Also waves a prominent "download me!" button for what looks like
feeware snakeoil. If you dislike the adware flavor, pass this one.

Softpedia says it is adware and spyware free:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Auslogics-Disk-Defrag.shtml

"Softpedia guarantees that Auslogics Disk Defrag 1.1.5.225 is 100%
CLEAN, which means it does not contain any form of malware, including
but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors."

Of course if one is already using Vista, then they are not too concerned
about protecting their privacy or with the MS malware on their machine.



--
Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group:
http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

Most recent idiotic quote added to KICK (Klassic Idiotic Caption Kooks):
"They hacked the Microsoft website to make it think a linux box was a
windows box. Thats called hacking. People who do hacking are called
hackers."

"Good poets borrow; great poets steal."
- T. S. Eliot

 

[Andy]

I finally think I have found out what was stopping it - the Task scheduler
service was disabled now I have enabled it the Vista Defrag program seems to
work. Thanks for all the replies everyone.

Andy.