Disc Cleanup

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Hey y'all,

Hopeing somebody might be able to give me a hand here:

For the longest time, whenever I go to do a "disc cleanup," the cleanup
malfunctions or errors or something, and nothing gets deleted. It goes into
"Not Responding" mode. Is there anything I can do so that I can clean up my
computer?

Thanks in advance.

-Daniel-

 

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Hi Daniel,

It may be that Disk Cleanup goes into Not Responding mode while compressing
old files. Have a look at this MSKB article, "Disk Cleanup Tool Stops
Responding While Compressing Old Files":
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=812248

If you don't want to manually edit the registry, you could d/load and run
the fix that is available at Kelly Theriot's site:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (scroll down to line 48,
right-hand pane --> Disk Cleanup-Compress Old Files Freezes)



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"Daniel O" <Daniel O@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:91129CD6-1EF6-430C-9A35-1516A48A36DC@microsoft.com...
> Hey y'all,
>
> Hopeing somebody might be able to give me a hand here:
>
> For the longest time, whenever I go to do a "disc cleanup," the cleanup
> malfunctions or errors or something, and nothing gets deleted. It goes
into
> "Not Responding" mode. Is there anything I can do so that I can clean up
my
> computer?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -Daniel-