Re: disk cleanup! wont run

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From: S.Sengupta (ssengupta__at_msn.com)
Date: 02/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 07:58:38 +0530

Hi,
please see:-
'Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files'
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812248
regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

Christine wrote:

> Hello run windows xp home ed. for the past week have tried to run disk clean up with no sucess. It launches and the progress bar with green lines shows only 3 lines ....says its scanning compress old files...but it doesnt move on...I even left it running for 3 hours! This process I used to run every 2 or 3 days sucessfully but now it wont work. Have checked with task manager to see if the programme is responding which it says it is. Any ideas why this is taking so long? Appreciate any help... Thank you

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