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Disk Cleanup will not compress old files?
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RE: Disk Cleanup will not compress old files?
That seems to be 1.6 Gigs, give it time, it'll work ;) it'll just be slow, but i'll work.

That is a known bug with Win2k and WinXP. Disk Cleanup is freezing because it is searching for old files that should be compressed but that aren't.

Try this...

1. Run Regedit
2. Click on My Computer (in Regedit)
3. Go to Edit -> Find
4. Type in "Compress Old" (less the quotation marks)
5. Click Find Next
6. Regedit will find the Compress Old Files key
7. Press Delete (and click 'yes' to the 'are you sure?' prompt)
8. Reboot

Disk Cleanup shoudl now run like a breeze.

This post was edited on 10-07-2005 at 05:17 AM by DragonX.
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Disk Cleanup will not compress old files? - by Mike on 10-06-2005 at 08:03 PM
RE: Disk Cleanup will not compress old files? - by kittymew on 10-06-2005 at 09:04 PM
RE: Disk Cleanup will not compress old files? - by Mike on 10-07-2005 at 04:43 AM
RE: Disk Cleanup will not compress old files? - by DragonX on 10-07-2005 at 04:57 AM
RE: Disk Cleanup will not compress old files? - by Mike on 10-07-2005 at 05:06 AM
RE: Disk Cleanup will not compress old files? - by DragonX on 10-07-2005 at 05:16 AM
RE: Disk Cleanup will not compress old files? - by Mike on 10-07-2005 at 10:54 AM


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