Disk Cleanup won't work

[Allan]

Whenever I try and run disk cleanup it pops up with it's
first window which says, "Disk Cleanup is calculating how
much space you will be able to free on (C. This may take
a few minutes to complete.
[Calculating..]
[Scanning: Compress old files]
It stops there and sits there in the same spot, and will
do nothing but that. If then I press 'Cancel' the window
will close, but if I do Ctrl+ALT+DLT it still shows it
running in the background taking up a percentage of my
resources.
How can I fix this?

Thanks.

 

[Nicholas]

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


Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and scroll
down to Line #48. In the right-hand window, click on
"Disk Cleanup - Compress Old Files Freezes"

[Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP]


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Nicholas

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| Whenever I try and run disk cleanup it pops up with it's
| first window which says, "Disk Cleanup is calculating how
| much space you will be able to free on (C. This may take
| a few minutes to complete.
| [Calculating..]
| [Scanning: Compress old files]
| It stops there and sits there in the same spot, and will
| do nothing but that. If then I press 'Cancel' the window
| will close, but if I do Ctrl+ALT+DLT it still shows it
| running in the background taking up a percentage of my
| resources.
| How can I fix this?
|
| Thanks.

 

[grahamilton]

Heres how to fix it, go here;

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=812248
Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files

This stops disk cleanup from checking for old files to compress