Hi John,
Some people posting to the microsoft.public.* newsgroups have reported that the
compressing old files stage can take overnight, so you may want to leave Disk Cleanup
running that long. Also, the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Article explains a
workaround that, if implemented, removes the option to Compress Old Files, thus
skipping the step all-together. For more information, see this Microsoft Knowledge
Base Article:
KB812248 - Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=812248
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Carrie Garth, Microsoft MVP for Windows 2000
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: "John M. Smith" <jmsgen AT earthlink DOT net>
: Wrote in message : Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 08:19 PM
:
: what would prevent disk clean up from running? it gets stuck on compressing old
: files, never finishes, slows the computer way down too...
: please email me direct at (e-mail address removed), thanks...