DISK CLEANUP LOCKUP

[RICO]

MY DISK CLEANUP UTILITY LOCKS UP AT SCANNING OLD
COMPRESSED FILES AND WON'T WORK. IS THERE AN EASY FIX?

 

[Carolyn]

Yes, patience...it takes a looonnngggg time at that section. That
said,sometimes, it actually does lock up

See this page

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=812248

Or, you can uncheck "Compress old files" and bypass this section

 

[Kaylene aka Taurarian]

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

Disk Cleanup Utility Stops Responding
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812930

Why does Disk Cleanup freeze?
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

Disk Cleanup - Compressed Old Files Freezes (Line 48)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it and
answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by right
clicking on the file and selecting Edit.

 

[Alan]

Alternative to disk clean up, try NoClone, find and remove true duplicate files.

http://noclone.net