madboy33 Posted February 1, 2003 Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 Hi folks,I have tried everything herei have carried out a scan disc, defrag, even tried in safe modei even have carried out a sfc /scannowi cant get the disk cleanup to workit starts and then just seems to stop at 3 bars(which says "calculating Scanning: Compress old files", the task manager says it is still running and all is okwhats going on here?madboy33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted February 1, 2003 Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 I was going to suggest a fix but I have re read and I dont think you can get as far as this window?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted February 1, 2003 Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 http://www.aumha.org/regfiles.htm NEWWin XP ONLY! On some computers, Disk Cleanup in Windows XP hangs during the “compress old files” phase, locking up the computer. This patch, based on a manual solution solution by MS-MVP David Candy, usually fixes that problem. Madboy33™......also found the above which might help you. Scroll down the page to find the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted February 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 bvwmany thanksthat one worked a treat matemadboy33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted February 1, 2003 Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 Cheers madboy33™ :) Several useful tips etc on that site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted February 1, 2003 Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 problem after problem with you madboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted February 1, 2003 Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 by the way I read the exact same thread at pca and guess what the same people replied with the same answers,spooky or what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted February 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2003 yep i know mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts