{"id":324627,"date":"2010-02-16T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/how-to\/how-to-speed-up-windows-disk-cleanup.html"},"modified":"2010-02-16T00:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T05:30:00","slug":"how-to-speed-up-windows-disk-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/324627","title":{"rendered":"How to Speed Up Windows Disk Cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"disk-cleanup-icon\"<\/a> Cleaning out the junk files on your PC is something you should do on a regular basis. Microsoft has included a file cleaning utility in Windows, and it\u2019s called \u201cDisk Cleanup<\/em>\u201d. Running Disk Cleanup will often make your system a little snappier and you can also free up a large amount of used disk space.<\/p>\n

You can find the Disk Cleanup utility in the following locations:<\/p>\n

WinXP:<\/strong> Start > Program Files > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup<\/em><\/p>\n

Vista\/Win7:<\/strong> Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup<\/em><\/p>\n

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If you occasionally clean out your unwanted system files using Windows “Disk Cleanup”, you may have seen that the Disk Cleanup utility takes a long time scanning for “Compressed Folders”. I have seen this many times and it makes me impatient every time.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine at work (Bill M<\/em>), told me that there’s a registry hack to make Cleanup skip the long wait. He was right, I found it using a simple Google search.<\/p>\n

Here’s the registry hack (works in XP, Vista, Win7):<\/p>\n

WinXP:<\/strong> Open up the registry editor by clicking the Start Button, then choose Run, type in “regedit” and press the OK button.<\/p>\n

Vista\/Win7: <\/strong>Hit the Start button and type \u201cregedit\u201d in the quick search.<\/p>\n

Once you have regedit running, find the following location:
\nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\VolumeCaches\\Compress old files<\/p>\n

Double-click the REG_SZ key, in the right panel, to edit it. Hit your delete key to erase the data in it then save it by hitting the OK button.<\/p>\n

You may not\u00a0 notice any difference until you reboot, but the next time you use Disk Cleanup, you should notice a substantial decrease in the amount of time it takes.<\/p>\n

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\nHow to Speed Up Windows Disk Cleanup<\/a> originally appeared on Techie Buzz<\/a> written by Clif Sipe on Tuesday 16th February 2010 12:30:00 AM. Please read the Terms of Use<\/a> for fair usage guidance. <\/div>\n

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