Guest Need Help Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Hi all. I accidentally check the compress old files in windows native Disk Cleanup software. Now I have a 20% reduction in my system's performance. Is there anyway to uncompress my system32 files & gain back my system's performance without having to format my entire hard drive? Because that is what the IT guy at my job recommended. Some of the system files in use will not accept any uncompression commands from the "Run" window prompt. spent a week trying to undo this. GUYS I NEED HELP!!!!!!!
Guest Gerry Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: Need help Uncompressing "Disk Cleanup" damage I manually compress files by right clicking on the containing folder in Windows Explorer and selecting Properties, Advanced. and check the box before "Compress contents to save Disk space" , then clicking on Apply and OK. It is really only worth the effort with Archives, Windows Update Uninstall folders and System Restore points if you hold a lot. Files / folders need to be large, rarely accessed and capable of significant compression. You do the reverse to decompress. i.e. uncheck the box before "Compress contents to save Disk space" , click on Apply and OK. Do folders one at a time as if you decompressed your Windows folder it would take a long time and leave you wondering whether it was working. Please note that compressed files are displayed in Windows Explorer in a blue font and uncompressed file in a grey / black font. You only need to decompress files regularly accessed. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Need Help wrote: > Hi all. I accidentally check the compress old files in windows native > Disk Cleanup software. Now I have a 20% reduction in my system's > performance. Is there anyway to uncompress my system32 files & gain > back my system's performance without having to format my entire hard > drive? Because that is what the IT guy at my job recommended. Some of > the system files in use will not accept any uncompression commands > from the "Run" window prompt. spent a week trying to undo this. GUYS > I NEED HELP!!!!!!!
Guest Anna Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: Need help Uncompressing "Disk Cleanup" damage "Need Help" <NeedHelp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:29F8D72B-24B0-44BA-AEB6-DAC169B63B50@microsoft.com... > Hi all. I accidentally check the compress old files in windows native Disk > Cleanup software. Now I have a 20% reduction in my system's performance. > Is > there anyway to uncompress my system32 files & gain back my system's > performance without having to format my entire hard drive? Because that is > what the IT guy at my job recommended. Some of the system files in use > will > not accept any uncompression commands from the "Run" window prompt. spent > a > week trying to undo this. GUYS I NEED HELP!!!!!!! First of all, it's hard to imagine you would suffer a "20% reduction in my system's performance" because the "Compress old files" feature in Disk Cleanup has been invoked. Surely there's something more involved here that's slowing down your system. It is true, however, that for the vast majority of users it's unnecessary to use the "Scanning: Compress old files" routine when invoking the Disk Cleanup process. It really slows down that process. A user can get around this by simply accessing the registry (Start > Run > regedit), navigating to... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Compress old files and deleting that registry key. Anna
Guest PaulM Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: Need help Uncompressing "Disk Cleanup" damage He can go here line 50. This script will fix compress files. http://www.paulsxp.com/tweaksxp.html -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.paulsxp.com http://www.paulsxp.com/forum http://www.supportspace.com/home/affiliates.s2?aiu=paulm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Anna" <myname@myisp.net> wrote in message news:ur7V0X63IHA.1200@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > "Need Help" <NeedHelp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:29F8D72B-24B0-44BA-AEB6-DAC169B63B50@microsoft.com... >> Hi all. I accidentally check the compress old files in windows native >> Disk >> Cleanup software. Now I have a 20% reduction in my system's performance. >> Is >> there anyway to uncompress my system32 files & gain back my system's >> performance without having to format my entire hard drive? Because that >> is >> what the IT guy at my job recommended. Some of the system files in use >> will >> not accept any uncompression commands from the "Run" window prompt. spent >> a >> week trying to undo this. GUYS I NEED HELP!!!!!!! > > First of all, it's hard to imagine you would suffer a "20% reduction in my > system's performance" because the "Compress old files" feature in Disk > Cleanup has been invoked. Surely there's something more involved here > that's slowing down your system. > > It is true, however, that for the vast majority of users it's unnecessary > to use the "Scanning: Compress old files" routine when invoking the Disk > Cleanup process. It really slows down that process. > > A user can get around this by simply accessing the registry (Start > Run > > regedit), navigating to... > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Compress > old files > and deleting that registry key. > Anna >
Guest Need Help Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: Need help Uncompressing "Disk Cleanup" damage Hi all (^_^) Thanks for the assistance. Now I have managed to uncompress the majority of my files using the compact u/ i/ a/ s:\ command but not the system 32 files in use. I get denied access to them even in safe mode & I can't get the recovery console to work either so I want to try something else. Anna, which entries should I delete from the registry key & will doing so return my systems performance back to normal? the entries listed there are 3 as the following: (Default) {in AB red letters} Priority {in 0011 blue letters} State Flags {in 0011 blue letters} "Anna" wrote: > > "Need Help" <NeedHelp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:29F8D72B-24B0-44BA-AEB6-DAC169B63B50@microsoft.com... > > Hi all. I accidentally check the compress old files in windows native Disk > > Cleanup software. Now I have a 20% reduction in my system's performance. > > Is > > there anyway to uncompress my system32 files & gain back my system's > > performance without having to format my entire hard drive? Because that is > > what the IT guy at my job recommended. Some of the system files in use > > will > > not accept any uncompression commands from the "Run" window prompt. spent > > a > > week trying to undo this. GUYS I NEED HELP!!!!!!! > > First of all, it's hard to imagine you would suffer a "20% reduction in my > system's performance" because the "Compress old files" feature in Disk > Cleanup has been invoked. Surely there's something more involved here that's > slowing down your system. > > It is true, however, that for the vast majority of users it's unnecessary to > use the "Scanning: Compress old files" routine when invoking the Disk > Cleanup process. It really slows down that process. > > A user can get around this by simply accessing the registry (Start > Run > > regedit), navigating to... > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Compress > old files > and deleting that registry key. > Anna > > >
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