Disk Cleanup always finds 579,948kb of compress old files.

[warrior4302]

Basicaly each time I do a scan with Disk cleanup it always finds that amount of compress old files as stated in the title. Even after I delete them they still appear. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this or to get rid of them.

Thanks in advance.

[solbjerg]

compression

 

Hi warrior

I do not think you want to get rid of them. It is just files, that either ARE compressed or which you can compress.

But it is basically files that you do not use so much, but which you probably do not want to get rid of.

Greetings

 

Basicaly each time I do a scan with Disk cleanup it always finds that amount of compress old files as stated in the title. Even after I delete them they still appear. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this or to get rid of them.

Thanks in advance.

[warrior4302]

Thanks for the advice solbjerg.

Have a great day:mrgreen:

[JUN41D24F4R]

Hi, try this it might work, worked for me

 

Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

 

To work around this problem, follow these steps:

1.Click Start, and then click Run.2.Type regedit in the Open box, and then press ENTER.3.Locate, and then click the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches4.On the File menu, click Export, and then click Desktop, type VolumeCaches in the File name box, and then click Save.

 

Note This step creates a backup of the VolumeCaches registry key. If you experience any problems after you complete the steps that are listed in this procedure, you can use this backup to restore the VolumeCaches key to its original state. To restore the key, double-click the VolumeCaches.reg file on your desktop, and then click Yes.5.Expand the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches6.Delete the Compress old files registry key.7.Quit Registry Editor.

[warrior4302]

There is no VolumeCaches6, only Volume Caches. Do you mean that?

[enoskype]

warrior4302,

 

Nuber 6. belongs to the step of deleting compress old files.

So, there is only "VolumeCaches".

 

The procedure has been explained in 6 steps by JUN41D24F4R.

If you check the whole post, you will notice the step numbers from 1. to 6.

 

Cheers.

[warrior4302]

warrior4302,

 

Nuber 6. belongs to the step of deleting compress old files.

So, there is only "VolumeCaches".

 

The procedure has been explained in 6 steps by JUN41D24F4R.

If you check the whole post, you will notice the step numbers from 1. to 6.

 

Cheers.

Thanks i didnt realise,

P.S if i delete the compress old files key it removes the entry in Disk Cleanup which i dont want it to do, so should i delete all the keys in the compress old files section and not the actual key or what??

[JUN41D24F4R]

Hope It Works

 

Try it both ways, delete the key inside it and if that doesnt work then take it away completely. It should be much quicker now

[warrior4302]

I deleted the keys inside and that did nothing, so i may as well leave it because i dont want to delete the actual key i just want to delete the files inside of it.

[mikaelrask]

you can try ccleaner http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

[warrior4302]

Thanks, but I already have it.

[IcyFrostPyro]

compressing old files means basically crushing the files smaller so you have more disk space. they will appear again if you dont use the files for 50 days(default setting). startup times for those files will be slower though until it is started up a few times