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candace
December 9th 03, 10:23 AM
i have been trying to use disc cleanup to cleanup unused
files and it keeps freezing on old compress files. it
will cancel but wont go no farther than old compress
files. is there something else i need to do?

Nicholas
December 9th 03, 10:24 AM
Candace --

Try the following web sites for troubleshooting suggestions:

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm and scroll
down to Line #48. In the right-hand window, click on
"Disk Cleanup - Compress Old Files Freezes"

[Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP]


Applicable Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:

Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;812248


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| i have been trying to use disc cleanup to cleanup unused=20
| files and it keeps freezing on old compress files. it=20
| will cancel but wont go no farther than old compress=20
| files. is there something else i need to do?

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