disc cleanup

[rosco]

When I run disc cleanup, there is almost 2GB in the compress old files it
will not remove. Do I have a virus?

 

[peter]

No you have it set to compress old files....whatever those are

peter

 

[VanguardLH]

When I run disc cleanup, there is almost 2GB in the compress old files it
will not remove. Do I have a virus?

If the files got removed, why waste the CPU cycles and disk I/O to compress
files that get deleted? Because compressing old (long since last used)
files does NOT remove it. It does what it says: compresses them.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

When I run disc cleanup, there is almost 2GB in the compress old
files it will not remove. Do I have a virus?

"Compress Old Files" checkbox does not delete/remove anything - it...
compresses old files. ;-)

 

[PaulM]

Go here: http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=22
and download and run the script, CompressFiles.

 

[db]

the utility compresses old
files which simply could be
programs that you haven't
used for a while.

but when you finally use those
program(s) that had their
files compressed,

windows will uncompress them
at the time you run the old
programs.

its simply a space saving
feature and doesn't imply
that the old files are obsolete,

just not regularly used by you
or windows..
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