how to delete compress old files?

[namsilat]

I tried searching on Microsoft's web site but did not come up with any
meaningful help. I ran Disk Clean and checked one fo the drives, which
has more than 1 GB of compress old files. I clicked "ok" to delete
those as part of the clean up, but after that, checking the drive
again shows the same compress old files that's still there not
removed. How can I delete those files?

 

[JAX]

The following information will stop cleanup from searching for files that
"it thinks" should be compressed. I don't know why compression was offered
in "cleanup" in the first place???

Speedup Cleanup



step 1 Click Start, Run. In Windows 2000 or XP, type Regedt32.exe and
click OK.

step 2 In Regedt32, select the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE pane, then select the
Software folder. Pull down the Registry menu, and click Save Key to back up
this folder for safekeeping.

step 3 Double-click each folder to open the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ ...cont. next
line
\Explorer\VolumeCac-hes\Compress old files.

step 4 In the right pane, double-click the REG_SZ key to edit it. Save the
value in case you wish to restore it later. It reads
B50F5260-0C2111D2-AB56-00A0C9082678. Press Delete to remove the value, then
click OK. Close Regedt32.

Now right-click a hard drive in My Computer or Windows Explorer. Click
Properties, then Disk Cleanup. The utility will zoom along, skipping the
usual compression analysis. You'll hardly have time for that last cup of
coffee.

Thanks to an unknown Arthur.



JAX

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Hi JAX,

Here's a friendly a tip.

Change Regedt32.exe to regedit.

In XP all Regedt32.exe does is open regedit.exe, which is the Registry
Editor.

Differences Between Regedit.exe and Regedt32.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;141377