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Disc Cleanup Wizard!

by Sanguine_about_denouement Mar 31, 2010 4:13AM PDT

Whenever I run it I get an option to free 600MB + files.It's astounding,isn't it?

Right after deleting the files I had checked again running Disk Clean up option.Again it showed me 600 plus MB files to delete.

How could it be possible?

And on third attempt I got 2KB files to delete option.

All these attempts were made withing few seconds!!

Shall I delete all the dump files and error related files shown there?

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If you want to see the biggest gain

by Steven Haninger Mar 31, 2010 5:14AM PDT

select the option to delete all but the most current system restore file. Some unneeded files will never be touched by the cleanup utility and you need to do so manually.

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@steve

by Sanguine_about_denouement Mar 31, 2010 8:21PM PDT

Well tell me how to select that option?How to follow manual path.

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Re: option and manual path

by Kees Bakker Mar 31, 2010 8:29PM PDT

1. That option is described in http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Delete-files-using-Disk-Cleanup

2. Deleting files manually can be done:
a. From Computer or Windows Explorer.
b. From the command prompt.
c. From any other file manager you prefer and have downloaded and installed.

Kees

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