Re: Defragmentation does not work

It opens but neither analyze nor start
defragging.

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

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:985C6591-2AB0-4054-B9C8-ED265B9FFE1D@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Chris <Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
40G and 13+ free.

"Malke" wrote:

Chris wrote:
I am running XP SP2. Since I installed XP on ME defrag worked a few
times but now it is completely unresponsive. It opens but neither
analyze nor start defragging. What could be the problem? Do I need to
reinstall the XP again? Thanks for any hint to get this working again.

How large is the hard drive and how much free space does it have?


Malke
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