Disc cleanup utility not working-freezes

Question

When I try to use the disc cleanup utility it freezes up with 3-bars showing on the progress bar graph and below that it says compressing files. When I start it I can hear the hard drive start to work for 15-30 seconds and then it stops. I have left it on overnight and it still is frozen in the morning displaying no results. I had to use the system restore feature to fix a problem and I think that may be where this problem started. I have used the disc cleanup feature to dump temp. internet files so I know it has worked in the recent past. Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give me on this frustrating problem.

Chik · Answer

This Regedit from kellys-korner should fix the problem:

Disk Cleanup freezes
Disk Cleanup - Compressed Old Files Freezes (Line 48)

If that regedit didn't fix it...

Restore Disk Cleanup
Restore Disk Cleanup - cleanmgr (Line 84)

To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad
by right clicking on the file and selecting E

NiftyNic · Answer

Thanks Chik, The line 48 compressed old files freezes regedit on the kellys-corner page did the trick !!! Thanks Again !!! Message Edited by NiftyNic on 01-13-2004 11:55 PM

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