Frozen cleanmgr.exe 1

[chatteris]

When starting up a routine Disk clean up operation cleanmgr.exe starts and then freezes during the analysis phase with the status line quoting " compressing files". If I cancel the operation and then run Taskmanager I find the cleanmgr still running and keeping the CPU running flat-out.
Everything else appears OK. Any ideas anyone?

 

[linney]

You might find some sort of fix here. There seems to be some sort of problem with Disk Cleanup,compressed folders and larger drives.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...cleanup%2Bcompressed%2Bwindows%2Bxp%2Bproblem

The recommended fix goes like this -

1. Type Regedit in Start - Run
2. Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\Explorer\Volume Caches
3. Open "Compress Old Files" folder
4. Delete all files in this folder
5. Reboot
6. Run Disk Cleanup

 

[chatteris]

Spot on Linney.
You pointed me to a rich seam of info. on this problem.
Thanks.