Strange behavior with System Cleanup

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Rusty Shackleford

I ran System Cleanup a few days ago with no problems. I tried to run it
today and it just sat there forever during the file compression phase. I
canceled the operation but after that everything ran real slow on the
system. I brought up the Task manager and under processes it still showed
the cleanup manger still running with 99%. I re-boot the system but it
still was slow and the taskmanager still showed it running. I had XP shut
itself down and when I re-started the computer everything was normal. When
I tried to run Disk Cleanup the problem returned. Anybody know what the
problem is?

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Try the following web sites for troubleshooting suggestions:

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and scroll
down to Line #48. In the right-hand window, click on
"Disk Cleanup - Compress Old Files Freezes"

Simply click on Kelly's fix, download the registry fix, then run it.
(Note: Disable your antivirus program before running the repair script)

[Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP]


Applicable Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:

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

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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|I ran System Cleanup a few days ago with no problems. I tried to run it
| today and it just sat there forever during the file compression phase. I
| canceled the operation but after that everything ran real slow on the
| system. I brought up the Task manager and under processes it still showed
| the cleanup manger still running with 99%. I re-boot the system but it
| still was slow and the taskmanager still showed it running. I had XP shut
| itself down and when I re-started the computer everything was normal. When
| I tried to run Disk Cleanup the problem returned. Anybody know what the
| problem is?
|
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| Rusty Shackleford
 
Thanks for the help. The tweaks did not work but when I went to your
Microsoft link I edited the Registry and then everything worked fine.

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Rusty Shackleford

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Carey Frisch said:
Try the following web sites for troubleshooting suggestions:

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and scroll
down to Line #48. In the right-hand window, click on
"Disk Cleanup - Compress Old Files Freezes"

Simply click on Kelly's fix, download the registry fix, then run it.
(Note: Disable your antivirus program before running the repair script)

[Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP]


Applicable Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:

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

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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|I ran System Cleanup a few days ago with no problems. I tried to run it
| today and it just sat there forever during the file compression phase. I
| canceled the operation but after that everything ran real slow on the
| system. I brought up the Task manager and under processes it still showed
| the cleanup manger still running with 99%. I re-boot the system but it
| still was slow and the taskmanager still showed it running. I had XP shut
| itself down and when I re-started the computer everything was normal. When
| I tried to run Disk Cleanup the problem returned. Anybody know what the
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