Problem with Disk Cleanup

[glasgowrangersf]

Hi.....I have a PB P4 PC with Win XP Home.

I've not used Windows Disk Cleanup for a couple of months. Today I've tried to clean up my master hard drive (40 Gig, about half unused). Problem is it only really shows "Scanning : compress old files" and nothing appears to be happening. Task Manager shows Disk Cleanup still running, but its not getting anywhere. Also CPU usage has shot up to 100% throughout the 4 hours I've been running Disc Cleanup. Even when I close Disk Cleanup CPU continues to run at 100% and only returns to normal on re-boot.

At the same time I've tried to Delete temporary internet files and within a few seconds Task Manager shows not responding.

I've de fragged regularly and also run AVG 7.0, Spybot and ad aware daily.

The puter has been running a bit slow of late, hence I'm trying the Disc Cleanup. I should also mention that I ran Disc Cleanup on my secondary hard drive (120Gig, 75% free) and it completed in seconds.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

[SuperSparks]

If you haven't run Disk Cleanup in a long time then it will take an age on "Compressing old files", and CPU usage will be at 100% while it's doing it. You just have to be patient. But after you've done it, as long as you use Disk Cleanup regularly (at least once a month) then it won't take more than a couple of minutes on subsequent occasions.

[Tufenuf]

An easy solution to that problem is to go to the link below and scroll down to 48 and you'll see the "Disk Cleanup - Compress Old Files Freezes" Fix in the right column, download it and run it which should correct your problem.

Click on the words "Disk Cleanup-Compress Old Files Freezes" NOT the word "Undo".

"To use the Regedits: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it and answer yes to the import prompt.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

More info at the Microsoft link below.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=812248

Tufenuf

[glasgowrangersf]

Thanks for your input SuperSparks It really was only a couple of months since I last ran Disc Cleanup

Tufenuf, your remedy worked a dream. Disc Cleanup took a couple of seconds to run once I'd amended the registry entry. Many thanks

[Tufenuf]

glasgowrangersf, Glad to see that it worked and Thanks for posting back to let us know.

Tufenuf

[bdub]

Much appreciation for the fix. It has ended at least that frustration point with the systems...

[mike393]

great fix!!! The kelly web site is now a favorite...

Mike