Disk Cleanup

[skelley521]

I did several searches to find the 'exact' page, but no luck; however, these tips advise to edit the registry.

I STONGLY recommend backing up this key before you do their solutions!

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I now have the answer to this problem.
1)type "regedit" in Run... (in start menu)
2)navigate to:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\microsoft\windows\current version\explorer\volume caches
3)open "compress old files"
4)delete all files in this folder
5)reboot
6)run disk cleanup - IT WORKS


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To solve the problem where Disk Cleanup fails to complete the "compress
old files" option, run Regedit, and navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Vo
lumeCaches\Compress Old Files

Save this key in an exported .reg file (eg, compressoldfiles.reg) so
that you can restore it if necessary. Remove all the keys under
"Compress old files" to get this cleanup program to run to completion


hope this helps,
Steve

[N£MO]

I dont use the defrag on XP as far too slow...get yourself Diskeeper Lite,search for it on kazaa...sorry i dont have a hash for you

[skelley521]

I agree....executivesoftware's diskeeper is a very good program.....They are the ones that made the base for XP's defragmenter though.

Hope those sites help your Disk Cleanup problem though.

[CHEMICALS]

It finally works now thanks to all of you that me helped solve this problem.