No Defrag tool is installed

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Tim

I am using Xp Home. I am trying to defrag my C drive.
Under "properties/tools" of the C drive it says that "no
defragment tool is currently installed" thus I cannot run
XP's defragmenter. How can I get this reinstalled? Any
help would be appreciated.
 
Hi Tim,

Defragmenter is installed by default. You may need to change an entry in
registry so it points to a valid file:

Click Start | Run | Regedit.exe
Goto this location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComp
uter\DefragPath

In the right-pane, double-click the value "default" and type the following
entry for it's data:
%systemroot%\system32\dfrg.msc %c:

More Information:
To see if defragmenter file is available in the hard disk, click start | run
| type "dfrg.msc"

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Regards,

Ramesh (MS-MVP)
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http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
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I am using Xp Home. I am trying to defrag my C drive.
Under "properties/tools" of the C drive it says that "no
defragment tool is currently installed" thus I cannot run
XP's defragmenter. How can I get this reinstalled? Any
help would be appreciated.
 
Hello,

I went to the regedit and there is no DefragPath in
the "My Computer" folder. There is only a "cleanuppath"
folder. I appreciate your assistance.

Tim
 
Create a subkey called "DefragPath" and set the "default" value to
%systemroot%\system32\dfrg.msc %c:"

--
Regards,

Ramesh (MS-MVP)
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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Hello,

I went to the regedit and there is no DefragPath in
the "My Computer" folder. There is only a "cleanuppath"
folder. I appreciate your assistance.

Tim
 
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