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Re:Disk Cleanup not Responding

Mar 6, 2004 8:46PM PST
The box that figures how much space you can save comes up, but doesn't do anything.

The box or Disk Cleanup?

1. The Disk Cleanup (Cleanmgr.exe) tool includes one confusing option that can leave an inordinate amount of wasted space on you hard drive. When run, one of the available options offers to delete Temporary files. Unfortunately, this option may display a value of zero even if your Temporary folder contains hundreds of useless files since this value lists only file in that folder with a date more than one week old. Therefore, if files still exists after using the tool, you may at your convenience delete any and all files unnecessary.

2. The article [Q310312] states the Disk Cleanup tool helps you free up space on your hard disk by searching your disk for files that you can safely delete.

Note: If you start the Disk Cleanup utility and click the Disk Cleanup tab, a System Restore: Obsolete Data Stores entry is available. These are files that were created before reformatting or reinstalling Windows, and are obsolete and can safely be deleted. If you choose to cleanup and delete these files, you will no longer see them or this mentioned option again.

3. The articles [Q812248] and [Q812930] states the Disk Cleanup tool may stop responding (hang) and report error messages when trying to compress old files which requires an edit of the system registry to correct the problem.

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