Hi RAD,
The following Microsoft Knowledge Base Article has a list of available options for
Disk Cleanup. Perhaps you can use it for a guide for your manual cleanup which, in
brief, consist of finding the files and deleting them or compressing them.
KB253597 - Automating Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=253597
For the exact paths and file extensions that Disk Cleanup searches, run regedit.exe,
navigate to the following registry key, and view each subkey. For example, by
viewing the Active Setup Temp Folders registry subkey I can determine that "Temporary
Setup Files" are files in these directories: C:\WINNT\msdownld.tmp|?:\msdownld.tmp
with the *.tmp file extension.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches
Note that some of the files and folders have the hidden and/or system attribute. As
such, you may need to modify your folder options so that you can view them. To
change the view options click Start > Setting > Control Panel > Folder Options. Then
select the View tab, check "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck "Hide
protected operating system files (Recommended).
BTW, if Disk Cleanup stops responding while compressing old files you can workaround
the problem by deleting the Compress old files registry key. For more information,
see this Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
KB812248 - Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=812248
Also, some people posting to the microsoft.public.* newsgroups have reported that the
compressing old files stage can take overnight. So perhaps cleanmgr is not hanging,
but needs more time to search for files older than so many days, calculate how much
space you will save, etc.
--
Carrie Garth, Microsoft MVP for Windows 2000
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: "RAD" <rad AT bengalpartners DOT com>
: Wrote in message : Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 06:05 AM
: Running Windows 2000 Professional. Disk Cleanup "Hangs",
: and will not complete. What are steps to manually
: accomplish the cleanup?
