Disk clean up

[JOHN]

I have window xp and when I try to run my disk clean up,
the program opens starts and moves to "scaning compressed
old files" and will not move from that,the computer locks
up and to get it to move again I have to turn it off.

 

[Chris Lanier]

Hi,

Try the following web sites: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm,
scroll down to Line #48. In the right-hand window, click on "Disk Cleanup -
Compress Old Files Freezes" Simply click on Kelly's fix, download the
registry fix, then run it

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

[Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP]