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disk cleanup and disk defragmenter
Posted by chunk2gs on November 17th, 2005


am going crazy over here.i have windows xp.you know how you can go into
control panel -performance maintenace ) to access your disk cleanup and disk
defragmenter, well it was working fine,i used it almost evertime i used my
computer,any way yesterday i tried to do, it same route i always used but
this time disk cleanup or disk defragmenter was'nt there.i know you can also
access them by going though start - all programs - accessories. now i did
that disk defragmenter it come up all blue like i dont have anything to
defrag. disk cleanup would pop up but nothing is in the box (files to
delete). I don't know what i did but please tell me you can help also i tried
system restore it wont let me restore to any date.
thanks

Posted by Will Denny on November 17th, 2005


Hi

Have you installed any new apps/drivers since the problem started? Try
typing the following from Start>Run to see if either/both of those apps.
will run:

Disk Cleanup - cleanmgr.exe
Defrag - dfrg.msc

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"chunk2gs" <chunk2gs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:30CEC606-D1B3-44EA-91EE-205253EBA546@microsoft.com...
> am going crazy over here.i have windows xp.you know how you can go into
> control panel -performance maintenace ) to access your disk cleanup and
> disk
> defragmenter, well it was working fine,i used it almost evertime i used my
> computer,any way yesterday i tried to do, it same route i always used but
> this time disk cleanup or disk defragmenter was'nt there.i know you can
> also
> access them by going though start - all programs - accessories. now i did
> that disk defragmenter it come up all blue like i dont have anything to
> defrag. disk cleanup would pop up but nothing is in the box (files to
> delete). I don't know what i did but please tell me you can help also i
> tried
> system restore it wont let me restore to any date.
> thanks



Posted by chunk2gs on November 18th, 2005


i can get the disk cleanup to run but theres nothing in the box complete
emety so i cant check delete tep delete anything. if theres no way to fix
this is it posable to download it again or something please help thanks

"Will Denny" wrote:

> Hi
>
> Have you installed any new apps/drivers since the problem started? Try
> typing the following from Start>Run to see if either/both of those apps.
> will run:
>
> Disk Cleanup - cleanmgr.exe
> Defrag - dfrg.msc
>
> --
>
>
> Will Denny
> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups
>
> "chunk2gs" <chunk2gs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:30CEC606-D1B3-44EA-91EE-205253EBA546@microsoft.com...
> > am going crazy over here.i have windows xp.you know how you can go into
> > control panel -performance maintenace ) to access your disk cleanup and
> > disk
> > defragmenter, well it was working fine,i used it almost evertime i used my
> > computer,any way yesterday i tried to do, it same route i always used but
> > this time disk cleanup or disk defragmenter was'nt there.i know you can
> > also
> > access them by going though start - all programs - accessories. now i did
> > that disk defragmenter it come up all blue like i dont have anything to
> > defrag. disk cleanup would pop up but nothing is in the box (files to
> > delete). I don't know what i did but please tell me you can help also i
> > tried
> > system restore it wont let me restore to any date.
> > thanks

>
>
>

Posted by David Candy on November 18th, 2005


Type in Start Run
regsvr32 dataclen

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http://margokingston.typepad.com/har...e_ga.html#more
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"chunk2gs" <chunk2gs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:57CA46D5-28DA-4E68-9335-991CE036F6BE@microsoft.com...
>i can get the disk cleanup to run but theres nothing in the box complete
> emety so i cant check delete tep delete anything. if theres no way to fix
> this is it posable to download it again or something please help thanks
>
> "Will Denny" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Have you installed any new apps/drivers since the problem started? Try
>> typing the following from Start>Run to see if either/both of those apps.
>> will run:
>>
>> Disk Cleanup - cleanmgr.exe
>> Defrag - dfrg.msc
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Will Denny
>> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
>> Please reply to the News Groups
>>
>> "chunk2gs" <chunk2gs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:30CEC606-D1B3-44EA-91EE-205253EBA546@microsoft.com...
>> > am going crazy over here.i have windows xp.you know how you can go into
>> > control panel -performance maintenace ) to access your disk cleanup and
>> > disk
>> > defragmenter, well it was working fine,i used it almost evertime i used my
>> > computer,any way yesterday i tried to do, it same route i always used but
>> > this time disk cleanup or disk defragmenter was'nt there.i know you can
>> > also
>> > access them by going though start - all programs - accessories. now i did
>> > that disk defragmenter it come up all blue like i dont have anything to
>> > defrag. disk cleanup would pop up but nothing is in the box (files to
>> > delete). I don't know what i did but please tell me you can help also i
>> > tried
>> > system restore it wont let me restore to any date.
>> > thanks

>>
>>
>>

Posted by chunk2gs on November 18th, 2005


THAT WORKED BUT ALL THE OPTION ARE NOT THERE ONLY THREE. AND IS IT ANYWAY I
CAN GET IT BACK TO PROFROMANCE & MAINTENANCE.
BUT THANKS IT DID HELP
"David Candy" wrote:

> Type in Start Run
> regsvr32 dataclen
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Read David defending the concept of violence.
> http://margokingston.typepad.com/har...e_ga.html#more
> =================================================
> "chunk2gs" <chunk2gs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:57CA46D5-28DA-4E68-9335-991CE036F6BE@microsoft.com...
> >i can get the disk cleanup to run but theres nothing in the box complete
> > emety so i cant check delete tep delete anything. if theres no way to fix
> > this is it posable to download it again or something please help thanks
> >
> > "Will Denny" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Have you installed any new apps/drivers since the problem started? Try
> >> typing the following from Start>Run to see if either/both of those apps.
> >> will run:
> >>
> >> Disk Cleanup - cleanmgr.exe
> >> Defrag - dfrg.msc
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> Will Denny
> >> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
> >> Please reply to the News Groups
> >>
> >> "chunk2gs" <chunk2gs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:30CEC606-D1B3-44EA-91EE-205253EBA546@microsoft.com...
> >> > am going crazy over here.i have windows xp.you know how you can go into
> >> > control panel -performance maintenace ) to access your disk cleanup and
> >> > disk
> >> > defragmenter, well it was working fine,i used it almost evertime i used my
> >> > computer,any way yesterday i tried to do, it same route i always used but
> >> > this time disk cleanup or disk defragmenter was'nt there.i know you can
> >> > also
> >> > access them by going though start - all programs - accessories. now i did
> >> > that disk defragmenter it come up all blue like i dont have anything to
> >> > defrag. disk cleanup would pop up but nothing is in the box (files to
> >> > delete). I don't know what i did but please tell me you can help also i
> >> > tried
> >> > system restore it wont let me restore to any date.
> >> > thanks
> >>
> >>
> >>

>


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