Problem compressing old files

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From: Wolverine (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 19:01:51 -0800

When I do a disk cleanup in Win2000 Pro, (while it's
calculating space to save) it takes a very long time in
the "compressing old files" step. What flag/switch can I
turn off, so Windows doesn't even try to compress old
files? Where do I find that option? Thanks!

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