disk cleanup not working

[Guest]

When I do disk cleanup it just opens and it says "calculating how much space
you have on your harddrive" and there is those 3 loading boxes at the bottom
in green and it just stays like that. I left it for 2 hours and it didn't
even move. Does anybody know how to fix this? Thanks

 

[Ash]

When I do disk cleanup it just opens and it says "calculating how much space
you have on your harddrive" and there is those 3 loading boxes at the bottom
in green and it just stays like that. I left it for 2 hours and it didn't
even move. Does anybody know how to fix this? Thanks

Maybe running the disk cleanup from the command line will help. Maybe.
Go to start -> Run and type cleanmgr /sageset 2 . This will ask you what
drive and options yo use when cleaning the disk. This command will not
actually run the cleanup wizard, but you have stored your settings. Now,
got to Start -> Run and type cleanmgr /sagerun 2 . If the problem still
persists, then try redoing the cleanmgr /sageset 2 and chosing differnt
options(I don't like it compressing my files, for instance). Maybe
trying to access Temp Internet files is causeing it to freeze? anyhow,
you can use other numbers than 2. I think you can have some 6 000
possible option combinations. This comes in reall handy if you want to
make batch files, too.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=812248
Or
Follow this link:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 48, Right column "Disk Cleanup - Compress..."
Save on Desktop.
Double click the icon once downloaded.
The icon can then be discarded.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Using the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP is a waste of time

Get Disk Cleaner.

I have Disk Cleaner set to run quiet at startup. Runs for 10 seconds or so
and exits. I also like the fact that, after you set it up, it cleans all
the following with one click (and/or automatically at boot). Makes XP's
Disk Cleanup look like a piker. XP's Disk Cleanup will *not* clean
Content.IE5.

Disk Cleaner will Clean:
Temporary Internet Files {Including the contents of the Content.IE5 folder}
Internet Cookies
Internet History
System Temporary Folder
Recent Documents
Run... Dialog List
Find Document List
Find Computer List
URLs in IE Address Bar
URLs in Shell Address Bar
Media Player Recent URLs
WinZip Recent Files
WinZip Extract To Folders
Paint Recent Files
WordPad Recent Files
Cleans Recycle Bin (what else?)
Opera Cache
Opera Cookies
Opera History
Opera Visited links
Opera Download History and Download folder
Firefox Cache
Firefox Cookies
Firefox History

Disk Cleaner
http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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