Disabling Compress Old Files
Apr 15, 2006
Whenever I try to run Disk Cleanup, it starts to check how much space can be freed up, first by checking "Compress old files." Since I probably have something on the order of 5-10 million files on my computer (this isn't an exaggeration; I have several million files from research with medical data), this part of the scan essentially means that I always have to cancel Disk Cleanup, because it will never finish.Is there any way to do Disk Cleanup, but disable the scan for old files that Windows would want to compress?
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Oct 26, 2006
I Went To Disk Clean Up .cleaned Up The All The Files But It Showed I Got Over 3 Thousand. Old Compressed Files. Theres A Check In The Box To Clean Them Up .but It Won't Do Nothing.is There Another Way To Get Rid Of Them? Im Using Windows Xp Home Editon.
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Mar 15, 2006
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Apr 27, 2005
I am cleaning it up a bit, and when I did disc clean-up, where it says old compressed files, there are a lot like 1,318,178 of them.what are they if I check the box, does disc cleanup delete them, or does it compress them.How long will that many files take to compress or delete or whatever I have to do? Is there something wrong with my PC to have that many files there like that? I already got rid of the Temp Files, and Defraged, but these compressed things are confusing me.can someone advise me if I should check the box and let the disc cleaner deal with them.I'm afraid that there are so many, what if it deletes everything.
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Sep 9, 2005
Does Window XP have a file compressor/unziper built in to the OS?
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Aug 1, 2005
When I use disk cleanup it won't compress old files I have it set to compress files I haven't accessed in 6 days
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Jul 7, 2008
Have WinXP SP3. When I use Disk Cleanup feature, I cannot remove 'compress old files', even though it is checked. Should they be removed? Any harm in removing them? If not, how do I do it?
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Dec 21, 2004
I ran Disk Cleanup on my Xp and it says i have 3,598,652 old files i can compress. Should i compress or leave it alone. Will if effect my comp speed?
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Aug 16, 2005
I am running Windows XP home edition in disk clean up option I have it set to compress old files I haven't accessed in 6 days When I run disk clean up it cleans everything else I have checked but won't compress old files What should I do ?
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Is it possible this can do any harm to my computer?
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