Nothing happens when clicking on Defragment or Analyze in Disk Defragmenter
(dfrg.msc).
With XP SP2 the DCOM Server Process Launcher service needs to be running for
Defrag to work.
Open Services...
Start | Run | Type: services.msc | Click OK |
Scroll down to and double click DCOM Server Process Launcher |
Set the startup type to Automatic | Click Apply |
Click the Start button | When the service starts, click OK |
Close Services | Reboot
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Note the following things will fail if this service is not running:
The builtin defrag will fail to work, and if running defrag from the command
line one gets this error:
Windows cannot connect to the Disk Defragmenter engine
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from...
DCOM Server Process Launcher
http://smallvoid.com/tweak/winnt/service/def.html
If that still doesn't fix it....
Start | Run | Type: regsvr32 dfrgui.dll | Click OK
You should get a RegSvr32 message: DllRegisterServer in dfrgui.dll
succeeded. Click OK.
Start | Run | Type: regsvr32 dfrgsnap.dll | Click OK
You should get a RegSvr32 message: DllRegisterServer in dfrgsnap.dll
succeeded. Click OK.
Then navigate to C:\Windows\Inf ...
Start | Run | Type: %windir%\inf | Click OK |
Locate dfrg.inf, right click on dfrg.inf and click on Install
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Anyone getting the "Disk Defragmenter Could not start" message and on
Windows XP Home This is what worked for me. Go to Control Panel, Select
System and select the Advanced Tab. Now Select Settings Under Performance
and again select the advanced tab. Under Virtual Memory select Change. Make
sure that the Paging File Size for selected Drive for the Drive partition
you want to Defrag is set to System Managed Size. Once I did this Defrag
started working again. I don't know how the Page file got turned off on my
system but this has been driving me mad for months!! Hope it helps someone
else out there !!!
John B
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Found at...
http://www.andreasroom.com/blog/archive/2004/01/18/defrag.aspx
How to fix Disk Defragmenter problems in Windows XP
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/60/1/How-to-fix-Disk-Defragmenter-problems-in-Windows-XP.html
Note if having disabled or set a low custom size for the pagefile, then
defrag might not work. If using WinXP set the virtual memory to "System
Managed Size".
26. Repair Disk Defragmenter in Windows 2000/XP
http://smallvoid.com/tweak/winnt/install.html#DEFRAG
Disk Defragmenter does not work on a Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922379
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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