disk cleanup

[Guest]

I have been cleaning my disk, and have noticed that it will not clean the old
compress files, I have 69,175 KB left after every cleaning and now it keeps
getting bigger, isn't this suppose to clean up all files?

 

[Guest]

Compress Files in Disk Cleanup actually takes files older than 50 days by
default and compresses them. If you have alot of files on your hard drive
that are old and have not been accessed for more than 50 days, them become
"compression" candidates. The program is cleaning them up by compressing the
files. I actually prefer not to compress and if you feel the same, open disk
cleanup, and highlight "Compress Files" line, and near the bottom, a button
should appear "Options", click that and change the days from 50 to 500. Then
it should read 0 files to compress.

 

[Guest]

BTW, in windows explorer, compressed files should appear in a blue font.
Those files have been compressed by "disk cleanup" aka cleanupmgr.exe

 

[Plato]

I have been cleaning my disk, and have noticed that it will not clean the old
compress files, I have 69,175 KB left after every cleaning and now it keeps
getting bigger, isn't this suppose to clean up all files?

Compressing files is NEVER recommended.

 

[Sam]

I am unable to find the "Compress Files" line. I select Properties for the
C:\ drive, then click the Disk Cleanup Button on the General Tab, and then
see the Diskcleanup Tab. However I don't see any Compress Files line
listed.

Any help would be very much appreciated, Sam.

P.S. I have a Dell Dimension 8200 computer with windows XP Pro (SP2)

 

[Bob I]

maybe it was removed for the following reason

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

 

[Sam]

Bob, many thanks for the information, Sam.

maybe it was removed for the following reason

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