Reg Hack for Disk Cleanup

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Treeman

I forgot where this is located!
I want to remove "Office Set-up files," when Disk Clean-up does it's
scan.
On this old laptop running XP Pro, it takes it quite a long time to
read those files.
I got rid off disk clean-up reading the "compressed files," but that
was a while back, and my brain went somewhere else. :D
Thanks for the reminder.
Best,
Treeman
 
[[After Office is installed you can use the Windows Cleanup Wizard to remove
the Msocache folder.
Note If you have more than one partition on your hard disk, you may have to
repeat these steps for each partition.

Warning Never delete the MSOCACHE folder by using Microsoft Windows
Explorer.

To do this, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System
Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup.
2. In the Select Drive dialog box, in the Drives list, click C:, and then
click OK.

Note If you have more than one hard disk, the Office setup files will be on
the partition that had the most free space during Office Setup.
3. Wait for Disk Cleanup to finish checking the drive.
4. In the Files to Delete list, click to select the Office Setup Files check
box, and then click OK.

Note If the size of the Office Setup Files is zero, the Office Setup files
are on another hard disk.
5. When you receive the following message, click Yes:
Are you sure you want to delete these files? ]]
From...
Local Install Source (Msocache)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=825933

Frequently asked questions about the Local Install Source feature in Office
2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=830168

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Wesley said:
[[After Office is installed you can use the Windows Cleanup Wizard to
remove the Msocache folder.
Click to expand...
Hi Wes,
That wasn't exactly what I was looking for. I know there is a registry
hack that will not delete the files; it just stops Disk Clean-up from
looking at them, when you run it.
(otherwise if you have to update Office, and you have deleted those
files, you have to find the CD and put it in for the update)
Thanks,
Treeman
 
Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches

Export, then delete the subkey(s) that you don't want processed. Compress Old Files is the one that causes disk cleanup to appear to hang, for example.

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Treeman said:
Wesley said:
[[After Office is installed you can use the Windows Cleanup Wizard to
remove the Msocache folder.
Click to expand...
Hi Wes,
That wasn't exactly what I was looking for. I know there is a registry
hack that will not delete the files; it just stops Disk Clean-up from
looking at them, when you run it.
(otherwise if you have to update Office, and you have deleted those
files, you have to find the CD and put it in for the update)
Thanks,
Treeman
Click to expand...
 
Doug said:
Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches
Export, then delete the subkey(s) that you don't want processed.
Compress Old Files is the one that causes disk cleanup to appear to
hang, for example.
Click to expand...
Thanks Doug, that was what I was looking for!
Worked like a charm.
Best,
Treeman
 
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