Disk cleanup

[Guest]

I run the disk cleanup program about twice a month and it keeps my computer sharp. I tried to run it recently and it "stalled" in opening on the "scanning old compressed files". It never completely opened so that I could complete the task. I have kept windows update current and scan with Norton regularly and find no virus. Now, it will stall each time I try to open it and it has slowed down my computer drastically. I have rebooted and gone through my Help and Support tools and have no improvement...There must be something in the "compressed old files" that is a problem, but I can't get to it to delete it...Help!!

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Try here:

Line 48 - right hand side
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Courtesy of MVP Kelly.

 

[The Grey Goose]

I run the disk cleanup program about twice a month and it keeps my

computer sharp. I tried to run it recently and it "stalled" in opening on
the "scanning old compressed files". It never completely opened so that I
could complete the task. I have kept windows update current and scan with
Norton regularly and find no virus. Now, it will stall each time I try to
open it and it has slowed down my computer drastically. I have rebooted and
gone through my Help and Support tools and have no improvement...There must
be something in the "compressed old files" that is a problem, but I can't
get to it to delete it...Help!!

There is reference to this in the MS knowledge base And it seem that there
is a corrupt file on your puter

Both W2k & XP have the same prob but the repair in each case is different


--
The Goose

Trolls & spammers
Nuke them till they glow then
shoot them in the dark

 

[Guest]

I have gone through the steps in the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article #812248 getting all the way to VolumeCaches. I finished step 4 saving it on my desktop. Step 5 takes me back through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and so on but when I expand Volume Caches there is no Compress old files registry key that comes up...so now what? I dare not delete anything I am not sure of..

 

[Kelly]

Restore Disk Cleanup - cleanmgr (Line 84)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Disk Cleanup freezes during the Compressed File Phase: This edit corrects
the problem:

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.



Registry Edits, Tips and Tricks for XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

I have gone through the steps in the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article

#812248 getting all the way to VolumeCaches. I finished step 4 saving it on
my desktop. Step 5 takes me back through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and so on but
when I expand Volume Caches there is no Compress old files registry key that
comes up...so now what? I dare not delete anything I am not sure of..