Disc clean up

[Guest]

I am using windows 2003 but when I start up disc clean up it sticks at a part
called compressing files and goes no further.This is right at the
begining...Does anyone know how I can overcome come this????

 

[John John]

This might apply:

Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812248

John

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your help..I have followed what the link said, it tells you to
delete the following reistry
key:HSKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\(B50F5260-0C21-11D2-AB56-00A0C9082678) but I could only find the file:HSKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE

Can you help anymore on this??

 

[John John]

I think you better read that article again! Nowhere in there does it
mention anything about
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\(B50F5260-0C21-11D2-AB56-00A0C9082678)

It says to delete the "Compress old files" key at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches

It also says in that article:

"Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system.
Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from
using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk."

I don't mean to be rude or demeaning but if you can't follow the
instruction in the article maybe you should just forget about doing a
registry edit and do without disk cleanup. One wrong move in the
registry and you could completely screw up your windows installation.

Perhaps you have mixed this post with another one, you thought you were
replying to something else?

John