Cleanup Empty Folders From HD
Jan 18, 2007
I acquired an 80gb external HD from a freind. It is not clean it so I want compress a lot his files and folders and leave one to side for while till its safe to delete it all. I have permission to delete everything. But I am being a little cautious.The trouble is one of the directory is huge, about 20gb, with many subdirectories and folders. There many instances when whole list of folders are empty. There could be 100s or 1000s of these empty folders.Is there a freeware filemanager with a filter that I can use to isolate all the empty folders and delete them. And how would you use the filter. I would then be able to defrag the HD.
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Sep 29, 2006
i just bought a new laptop. an HP pavilion if it helps. and having copied over some music from my old desktop to the laptop i tried to move 5gigs of music from one folder on the laptop to another one for ease of sorting. i pressed ctrl x and then ctrl v. it was copied ok as i saw it all in the folder. i closed the folder and opened itunes to add the folder to the library. it seemed to not have any music in it.. so then i tried to reopen the folder i just created with the music that was very definately in it. but it is now empty and i get Access is denied.. the music has dissappeared and doesnt appear on any searches i run. i cant delete/open/move or do anything to the now empty folder.it just coes up with D:music is not accessable. access is denied.the odd thing is that i have another 10 folders all empty and undeletable in another bit of my laptop that i want to delete as they are blocking me copying in an addon for WoW.as you can guess im not exactly a genius at this stuff. and just trying to tidy up my pc has resulted in several hours frustration and lots of swearing.
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Nov 1, 2007
why the heck can't i remove the msn gaming zone, netmeeting and movie maker folder? whenever i use special programs designed to free up those working processes the folders just regenerate on restart - and when i delete them in safe mode same result - is it possible to remove these empty useless folders from windows xp sp 2?
i know it's due to windows file protection - but this is poor design - these folders are junk and aren't critical - it's my pc and if i know they are safe to delete windows should too - i don't want junk folders on my computer - my pc is spic and span and optimized and i want these folders gone forever - i know you can do it with a hex editor and replacing the new sp2 wfs dll with the old sp1 dll - but that also disables wfs entirely and that's not what i want - and whatever you do - do NOT use windows file protection switcher - it disagrees with the os and will cause the os to malfunction and you'll need to do a destructive recovery - that means you'll lose all your data from programs to tweaks
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Sep 17, 2005
I have noticed a folder on my desktop titled %systemdrive% All the sub-folders are empty.
Would it be safe to delete it? I know it has something to do with the operating system.
I am running Windows XP
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Oct 29, 2006
I have windows xp. When I click on start, all prgrams - the list of programs shows up but alot of those folders are empy. Games, System tools, Microsoft Money, Microsoft Office Tools and many others are all empty. I apologize if this is a stupid question.I'm afraid I've done something by mistake to mess these folders up. Any help would be appreciated.
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Nov 3, 2008
Notice considerable lag when doing the following simple tasks: use the dialog boxes to browse folders (save as, etc) is slow ,double clicking my computer or any folders is slow, right click and create new folders is slow, clicking START button and going to programs is slow
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Jun 30, 2005
when i opened up my favourites folder in explorer some of my folders have disappeared my daughter has been on the computer but swears she has not even opened favourites,can anyone tell me why this has happened and if it is possible to retrieve my folders.I have tried system restore but it did not help
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Jan 16, 2006
i just did this and it turned most of my mp3's to blue. why is that?
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Aug 27, 2006
How do I know what stuff I need to keep, and what I can delete? I have a HP (a305w) w/XP. It seems very slow and freezes up a lot. I have to use task manager to end task more and more often. Sometimes I get error messages something about cont. to run scripts on this page. (When it comes up again I'll get the exact words.) And I'm not sure how the auto updates are supposed to work but it doesn't seem to be working, right. There are a lot of updates listed on the installuninstall list. There are also alot of proccess running, but can I copy them,or do I have to type each one? What other info. might help? Oh-yeah, I'm a single mother of 4. I don't have much $$ to spend on downloads.
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Jul 4, 2005
I appear to have folders and subfolders in my Favourites list which i cannot get rid of, ive tried right hand clicking but no options are available, ive also tried organise favourites Also, i have an unwanted toolbar that pops up at the bottom of my screen with things like Travel, Casino etc which i think the Favourites may be linked in some way i have no idea how to find the source on my computer to delete it. i regularly delete my cookies.
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Aug 18, 2005
Basically i did a hjt log fix and cleanup, and i used all those programs and now i only have the classic windows xp look and i dont know what files to get off teh cd for the windows xp look.
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Feb 2, 2006
I'm trying to free up space on my hard drive...Using the disk cleanup. It stops ...I can't figure out what's wrong w/ it. I'm a winXP user.
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Jun 26, 2010
I have my defrag fixed for the Volume Shadow Copy, but now my disk cleanup won't work. It starts then it stops. Any Solution? I really don't want to do a PC reinstall that Dell advised before I got my answer from this forum on fixing the volume shadow copy problem.
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Sep 18, 2006
I performed Disk Cleanup several times to delete all the files in, "Compress Old Files," however, it continues to show 1 KB. I don't know the identification and location of the sticking file.This just occurred recently as Disk Cleanup has always deleted the unwanted files before.How do I delete it manually and where can I find it? Why won't Disk Cleanup delete it? Is it fixable?HP Laptop Windows XP Home Edition.
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Apr 9, 2005
I used disk cleanup on my c drive.when i tried to use some programs they do not work any more.
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Aug 26, 2006
I am having a problem with cleaning my C drive. I tried last night about 2 am to use the Accesories/System Tools/Disk Cleanup and this morning at 10 am it has done NOTHING. It's like it's stuck on stupid or something. I had to go in and manually delete some files, but I am afraid to go to far with that.
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Mar 15, 2006
Seems the "compress old files" won't Cleanup. They just keep building and building. The Web Client won't delete either. How can I remove these files? Pic below is after I've cleaned up twice.
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Feb 13, 2003
Cleanmgr.exe is designed to clear unnecessary files from your computer's hard disk. You can use command-line options to specify that Cleanmgr.exe cleans up certain files. You can then schedule the task to run at a specific time by using the Scheduled Tasks tool.To start the Disk Cleanup tool, either run the Cleanmgr.exe command, or click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup. Disk Cleanup supports the following command-line options: /d driveletter: - This option specifies the drive that you want Disk Cleanup to clean. /sageset: n - This option displays the Disk Cleanup Settings dialog box and also creates a registry key to store the settings that you select. The n value, which is stored in the registry, allows you to specify tasks for Disk Cleanup to run. The n value can be any integer value from 0 to 65535. To have all of the options available when you use the /sageset option, you might need to specify the drive where Windows is installed. /sagerun: n - This option runs the specified tasks that are assigned to the n value if you use the sageset option.For example, in Scheduled Tasks, you could run the following command after you run the cleanmgr /sageset:11 command: cleanmgr /sagerun:11This command runs Disk Cleanup and includes the options that you specified with the cleanmgr /sageset:11 command.
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Jan 6, 2006
Please take a look at the hijackthis log. I ran a cleanup and ewido scan. It removed some stuff. Still having some errors and browser shut-downs. Please help.
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Jun 4, 2005
I have a Dell laptop about 1 year old and when I try to run a Disk Cleanup the message box comes up and doesn't do any thing.
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Oct 8, 2009
Hi I am new here,and need help!I have been working on this for days, and keep getting nowhere. Yesterday I had an error message: 16-Bit MS-Dos Subsystem C:Documents and Settings.......DesktopDisk Cleanup.Ink The NTVDM CPU has encountered and illegal instruction.with the options to either close or ignore. The ignore didn't do anything. I right clicked on "disc cleanup" and checked users and it was set to the administer. I even tried a different user but that didn't work either.I have run three virus scans: AVG 8.5,SUPERAnti spyware,and Malwarebytes' Anti Malware. I tried Hijackthis but have no idea what/how to doi with it. I have run registery cleaner,and a few other things that I have found on this site. Now I am getting an error message: C:WindowsSystem 32cleanmgr.exe is not a valid Win 32 application.
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Sep 23, 2009
Will not open disk clean up.
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Jan 27, 2006
On an XP PC, when I try to empty the RECYCLE BIN I get an error message: Cannot Delete dc2: Access is denied (If you click OK, you get the window again. Click OK the second time and it goes away)... and it fails to empty it. I can go into the BIN and do a CTRL A and hit delete and all is fine. A search for dc2 shows 6 instances on the PC and they are all know entities in various locations.
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Feb 27, 2010
all preloaded games --free cell,solitaire,etc are missing accessories says empty when i click on it-
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Jun 27, 2005
My daughters Disk Cleanup Utility was hanging when compressing old files. Microsoft has posted an easy fix but the end result is that Disk Cleanup no longer works at all. Has anyone experienced this problem?
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Dec 2, 2006
When I try to run Disk Cleanup, the message comes up, "Disk Cleanup is calculating how much space." but the progress bar is frozen at about 10% and nothing happens.How do I unfreeze it so the utility will run?
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Mar 14, 2003
When using the Disk Cleanup, if you never want to "Compress Old Files" (which is often annoying and takes a long time) follow this tip: Locate and then click the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerVolumeCachesCompress Old FilesOn the Edit menu, click Export, in case you change your mind.On the Edit menu again now click Delete. Thanks to Microsoft for this tip:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812930
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Dec 15, 2006
when i do my disk cleanup my the scan just freezes and never completes.
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Feb 2, 2008
Windows system32/hal.dll missing,today i help sister run some virus scan and clean up her notebook,then i run disk cheanup and it deleted all system files.and i click restart,and i saw this word "Windows system32/hal.dll missing".
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May 27, 2006
Recently my computer has been running very slow it takes forever for websites to load, sometimes it doesnt even load them etc just wondering what is the best way to 'clean it up'I know a bit about computers but for the most part I'm not so tech savvy.
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Aug 7, 2008
All the entries on the "all programs"list show empty although the associated programs are still operative.
Any clues as how to fix this?
Useing XP Home SP3
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