XP PRO DISK CLEANUP STALLS

[Nic Vee]

greetings,
attempting to run disk cleanup (cleanmgr.exe), it stalls
at the stage of compress old files. causes windows
explorer to run slowly. searching system32 folder takes
forever.
computer: toshiba te2100e, 1.9gig, 512 ram, xp pro.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=812248
Or
Follow this link:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 48, Right column "Disk Cleanup - Compress..."
Save on Desktop.
Double click the icon once downloaded.
The icon can then be discarded.