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• XP Home "Disk Cleanup" utility

  I used the 'Disk cleanup' utility for the maintenance of the machine. Have all the boxes checked but the 32 KB in "files WebClient/Publisher temporary ' does not, never. It does not seem to exceed this amount. Someone at - it information on how to erase it or why it is not compensation. I searched the web and found a few suggestions, but some are a little scary. Thought I'd check here too before you continue. Everything disappears as it should when you use the utility. Also, it will be safe to delete these files without any adverse effect on the computer? Thanks in advance for suggestions.

  Rhamnar86It

  I used the 'Disk cleanup' utility for the maintenance of the machine. Have all the boxes checked but the 32 KB in "files WebClient/Publisher temporary ' does not, never. It does not seem to exceed this amount. Someone at - it information on how to erase it or why it is not compensation. I searched the web and found a few suggestions, but some are a little scary. Thought I'd check here too before you continue. Everything disappears as it should when you use the utility. Also, it will be safe to delete these files without any adverse effect on the computer? Thanks in advance for suggestions.

  Rhamnar86It

  This should clear the air: _ http://www.help2go.com/Tutorials/Windows_Errors/WebClient_Publisher_Temporary_Files: _How_to_delete_them.html

  And 32 KB is a VERY tiny part of the hard disk.

• Disk Cleanup utility

  What boxes more people check off the power when you use the disk cleanup utility (cleaning disc for (c :)))? When I use it, three boxes are checked by default. They are Downloaded program Files, temporary Internet files and thumbnails. All the rest are unchecked. Any of you use the other boxes in good standing?

  Thank you

  TomS

  A new feature has been added to cleaning disc in October 2013, which is not available in cCleaner. You must change the existing settings to take advantage of the new feature. Type Disk Cleanup in the search above the Start button box and press ENTER. Click OK and after the calculation of space, you will see a window with a list of files to delete. Use the right-hand scroll bar to see the entries hidden further down the list. Check the boxes in front of the backup of the Service Pack files and cleaning of Windows Update and click OK you will see savings every time after Windows has been updated, but they are not as important when it is run after the first time. You must restart the computer to complete the process.

  cCleaner is an alternative tool / extra:
  http://www.gerryscomputertips.co.UK/maintenance1a.htm

• Error Disk Cleanup utility

  the utility disk cleanup on my laptop has authorized the necessary files, a lot of films and documents on mine and my disks hard partners, how to restore these? Help, please!

  Hi Jess, this article will be may be of interest:

  http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/need-help-uncompressing-disk-cleanup-damage-t3559893.html

  That explains how to unzip the files (if all goes well, they're still on your system). It is not a feature I used with XP.

  Otherwise if this does not help, then back for backups.

  And believe me, I know what you mean when it's not "my day"! I'm not really having a good week.

  K

• Run the disk in Windows 8 Cleanup utility

  Sometimes inbetween uninstalling and reinstalling the software/drivers, it's a good idea to run the Windows Disk Cleanup utility. The disk cleanup utility to free disk space by deleting unnecessary files from your computer.

  Hope this video is useful... Let me know if you have any questions.

• I need to recover files I deleted everything by making a disk cleanup.

  I did a disk clean up using the 'Other Options' tab.  After completed cleaning, I discovered the calculator function, the system restore and other files have been deleted.  Is it possible to restore these files?  I have Windows XP.

  Hi dollimae,

  There is no option to recover files deleted by the disk cleanup utility. However we recommend to check the trash to see if all the files listed there. If so, then restore them.
  See the Description of the tool in Windows XP disk cleanup

  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Disk Cleanup is not showing me the ability to clean the system error memory dump files

  Hello. When I run the disk cleanup utility in Vista, it does not show the option of cleaning the system error memory dump files. It is a very serious problem. I had to delete files that I really wanted to keep, because I thought they were taking too much space. He did not make a particle of difference. I have only two GB on my C drive now. How to fix this problem?

  Kim

  You must use the scroll bar on the right disk cleanup in the window that appears after checking for space to scroll to check the boxes before these items.

  Deleting the less important system restore points allows you to earn useful free disk space.

  A better program of disk cleanup is cCleaner. Delete System Restore points may be important if you have little free disk space. The ability to delete them is one of the tools options. You can selectively remove those created in less important moments.

  cCleaner also comes with a registry tool. Do not use this tool as any registry cleaner could lead to the creation of very difficult to resolve system errors.

  http://www.CCleaner.com/download

  You have free disk space in another partition on the drive or any other drive internal on your computer?

• Disk Cleanup - see category "Windows Setup temporary file" box in the menu

  Original title: Disk Cleanup

  I read different (internet) articles related to using the disk cleanup utility. Many of the articles I've read indicate that one of the boxes I can verify for deletion is "Temporary Windows Installation file". However, I don't see this particular category box in the menu?

  What I am doing wrong? Thank you.

  Click on clean up system files

  

  Then when it goes through the scanning, you should see: -.

  

• Where section of the knowledge base that shows you how to delete Windows.old when it shows no disk cleanup?

  Where section of the knowledge base that shows you how to delete Windows.old when it shows no disk cleanup?

  Please do not respond with standard article which sends you to the disk cleanup utility. There is an article somewhere that answers this question and I can't find any. I know there are 3 commands from command line I just write, I don't remember them.
  Thank you in advance!

  JS

  A quick Google

  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rflaming/archive/2009/10/19/handy-KB-article-for-deleting-Windows-old.aspx

  Good starting point.

• No previous "Facilities Windows" option in disk cleanup

  I want to remove the folder Windows.old of my C drive because it takes up to 5 gigabytes of space, but when I go in the disk cleanup utility, there is no "Previous Installations of Windows" option to check. Is there a problem with just delete Windows.old directly?

  Hi Robby,

  I suggest you to follow the steps in the link given below and check if it helps.

  How to remove the Windows.old folder

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-CA/Windows-8/how-remove-Windows-old-folder

  It will be useful.

• Folder of Windows/Install Clean or update install Cleanup Utility

  I am running Windows XP Home Edition and my folder C:/Windows/Installer is 21 GB.  I googled how to clean safely this folder but all answers point to Installer Cleanup Utility.  I found this note on the site which provided the program download "Windows Installer Cleanup (MSICUU2.exe) utility that was previously referred to as in this article resolved a few installation problems but sometimes cause problems with other programs or components installed on the computer. For this reason, the tool has been removed from the Microsoft Download Center. "Is there a solution to update?

  Microsoft has stopped supporting Windows Installer Cleanup utility and removed from its server to download because, according to Microsoft "while the utility Windows Installer Cleanup fixed some installation issues, it sometimes damaged other components installed on the computer."

  I didn't know all the information about the "other components" were damaged or under what circumstances, but I guess someone, something had some time, fool you.

  However, you can still get the Installer Cleanup utility, including the utility msizap.exe (which is packed with the Installer Cleanup utility but is not the same thing), http://majorgeeks.com/Windows_Installer_CleanUp_Utility_d4459.html

  If you want to be ultra careful, get you the imagery of disk or disk cloning software to backup (which is A good thing to have in any case) and create a complete backup of the drive before using the program installation Cleanup Utility or msizap.  In this way, if anything goes wrong in fact, you can restore your system from backup.

• Disk Cleanup appears randomly * solved *.

  We run Windows XP on some jobs here. Whenever I use my laptop disk cleanup appears and works on both my C (OS) and D (data) readers. He appears to be an automated process that it scans the files, then disappears very quickly. I already modified the registry to disable the disk cleanup on disks with small footprint (even though none of the drives are low on space) it. This seems to have solved the problem on my Windows 7 machines. I erased all the tasks in the Task Scheduler. It tends to get a lot worse once connected to the network and even worse when it is connected through the VPN. It happens almost to the point where the computer is unusable because it keeps flashing these messages to the top and steal the focus. I used Tweak UI if at least it does not my typing away the program I use, but it still flushing and is embarrassing. Any ideas on how to solve this problem?

  I read somewhere that, in some cases, disk cleanup opens and begins to act as it did for me after, installs Office 2010 which turned out to be defective. We use a system of distribution of the package called Marimba which says installation failed (although the Office worked very well). I uninstalled Office using Marimba and then forced a policy update to reinstall. No disk cleanup message more. I guess they made things worse when the network/VPN because our 'packages' resident on dedicated servers and Office attempted to repair itself in the background, or the installation and has had a problem of localization of sources.

• disk cleanup does not start 'Microsoft has encountered an error.

  I am running Win XP Pro SP3.  I tried to do a disk cleanup.  I tried to go through system tools and also start, run the cleanmgr.  Neither one would go.  I get the standard Microsoft window that says an error has occurred and I would like to send a report.  I tried running malware analysis and restart also. Any ideas?

  I'm sorry, that I couldn't find useful on this topic.  For the most part, the suggestion is either give up and download/install Ccleaner or to extract a new copy of cleanmgr.exe.  The latter usually does not have contributed.

  CCleaner is a good utility, but if you go this route, do not use record cleaning option.

  The current version of cleanmgr.exe, which should be located in C:\Windows\system32, is 6.00.2900.5512 that there should be a copy of the same version of the file in C:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386.  On my XP Pro system, I have an earlier version 6.0.2900.2180, C:\Windows\$NTServicePackUninstal$ and I have 'the original' in compressed form in C:\i386 (this is the version 6.0.2600.0).

  I saw a suggestion of semi-utile troubleshooting in the latest post (LasseA123) here: http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vista/789412-disccleanup-will-not-run-2.html note, however, that the problem discussed in this thread was in Vista, and that the two keys under this says LasseA123 caused his problem are not present in XP.  If you follow the suggestion here and actually isolate the problem to one or two subkeys, include this information in the post that I am proposing in the next paragraph.

  My only suggestion is to start a new thread, either here, most likely in the Forum of Technet XP3: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/itproxpsp/threads with the subject 'Event 1000 Cleanmgr ID' and focus on the disciplines that you pasted here.  If you try to replace the current copy of the cleanmgr.exe with one or more of the files in the location I mentioned above but still have the problem, include this information in your message as well.

• 'the disk check utility requires exclusive access to Windows__files on disk' (my hard drive). "Re-start of Windows. __

  FAILED: attempt recovery of bad sectors (disk hard C)

  I followed the instructions to increase the speed of the PC on the home screen of the box to highlight the function of microsoft.com.

  I could access the program successfully on my home screen (Windows XP Edition family version 5.1 service pack 3.0).  Phase 1 of the scan completed successfully, but about 70% through the phase 2, the analysis stopped and I got this message: "the disk check utility requires exclusive access to some Windows files on the disk.  These are accessible only by re-starting Windows. "   I was in charge of restarting my computer and repeat the test.  I did this, but got the same message several times in a row.

  I use the MS Update center regularly, my Windows XP software has been certified 3 times as being Windows genuine, and I update MS Security Essentials at least every 2 days.  I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TRY!  As a general rule, ALL my other Windows functions work correctly & completely of my home screen.

  I also welcome Microsoft to have remote access to my computer, so that they can analyze & fix problems as well hardware & software automatically or from the center of MS Fix - IT.

  Please contact me at * address email is removed from the privacy * with specific instructions.  I'll try the center of update every day, where you will find all items that can be downloaded to fix this thank you for your continued support.  Joy Knobloch

  UPDATE WE CHECK DISK: 2 responses of PML & TWELCH were marked as possible answers.  After you schedule a check disk and shut down your computer, you must WAIT an hour or two before starting.  There is perhaps a long line of users waiting to get their audited records!  I finally managed to get the disk to run check (I also checked the box that says automatically correct errors).  BUT I NEVER GOT A CONFIRMATION MESSAGE THAT DIRECTLY STATED THAT ANY "BAD SECTORS" HAD BEEN RE-COVERED.

  LAST QUESTION: Can we assume that if the disk check ran completely and automatically corrected "problems", that the "DEFECTIVE SECTORS" have been found?

  Thanks to everyone who participated in this forum.  E-mail address is removed from the privacy *.

  It is not clear what you were / are doing.  Try this:

  Start > run > chkdsk /f > OK

  A box appears with the following message:

  The type of the file system is NTFS.
  Cannot lock the current drive.

  Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by
  process.  You want to schedule this volume t
  check the next time the system restarts? (Y/N)

  Type Y and press ENTER.  Then, restart the computer.

  If, during the process that follows, you still receive the message "FAILED: attempt recovery of bad sectors (disk hard C)" or something similar, go to the website of the manufacturer of your drive hard drive and download the appropriate for your hard drive diagnostic tool.

  I also welcome Microsoft to have remote access to my computer, so that they can analyze & fix problems as well hardware & software automatically or from the center of MS Fix - IT.

  Unless you allowed to access remotely in accordance with a phone call to the support of MicrosoftTHAT YOU HAVE MOMENTUM, you must disable the remote access and Remote Desktop (right click on post work, select Properties, click on the 'Remote' tab).  In fact, you must disable these features now and only reactivate if still initiate you a phone call to technical support Microsoft and will need to enable them.

• Products of disk cleanup does not not to remove older restore points

  Hi, I use Vista Home Premium sp2, and although I had this problem for a long time, I barely had time to ask about it.

  I have a separate drive (physically) for my backup/restore points, whenever it fills the only way I can do anything or is to format the drive and try again. Both Vista and CCleaner fail to create a disk space when asked to remove older restore points. There is no error message; They seem to work, but no free space appears on the disc.

  In fact, the only software that I can remember that actually create any space by deleting old restore points was the Norton AV that was shipped with the system, but it was on a limited license that has expired for a long time.

  All the advice to avoid the trouble of formatting the hard drive and create a new backup from scratch would be greatly appreciated!

  Hi, I use Vista Home Premium sp2, and although I had this problem for a long time, I barely had time to ask about it.

  I have a (physically) disc for my backup/restore points, whenever it fills the only way I can do anything is to format the drive and try again. Both Vista and CCleaner fail to create a space on the disc When asked to remove older restore points. There is no error message; They seem to work, but no free space appears on the disc.

  In fact, the only software that I can remember that actually create any space by deleting old restore points was the Norton AV that was shipped with the system, but it was on a limited license that has expired for a long time.

  All the advice to avoid the trouble of formatting the hard drive and create a new backup from scratch would be greatly appreciated!

  Hello

  I think you're confused of Restore Points and backups of your files or a backup of the operating system image.

  Restore Points, who put your computer's settings back to an earlier point in time, are saved on your system, C: drive, not on another drive.

  Backups of files or System Image backups you save to other media; an another hard drive, etc.

  Disk Cleanup and CCleaner does not remove files or backups of the system; You must do it manually.

  See you soon.