Compress Old Files utility is gone

[Guest janastarr]

Hello-

I have a laptop with Windows 2000 Pro loaded on it-I've noticed that when I

use the disk cleanup utility that it doesn't have 'compress old files' or

'old chkdsk files' listed on the submenu. Since I bought this laptop used,

I'm assuming that a previous owner had this option removed via the registry.

Is there a way to get these options back using the Windows 2000 CD or does

this involve tooling around in the registry? Thanks for any response.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Compress Old Files utility is gone

 

 

"janastarr" <janastarr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:CC7F10FB-F135-413F-9D91-DE84C9BAC80D@microsoft.com...

> Hello-

> I have a laptop with Windows 2000 Pro loaded on it-I've noticed that when

> I

> use the disk cleanup utility that it doesn't have 'compress old files' or

> 'old chkdsk files' listed on the submenu. Since I bought this laptop

> used,

> I'm assuming that a previous owner had this option removed via the

> registry.

> Is there a way to get these options back using the Windows 2000 CD or does

> this involve tooling around in the registry? Thanks for any response.

 

AFAIR, Windows 2000 never had a native compress tool.

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Compress Old Files utility is gone

 

 

 

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:

> "janastarr" <janastarr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:CC7F10FB-F135-413F-9D91-DE84C9BAC80D@microsoft.com...

>

>>Hello-

>>I have a laptop with Windows 2000 Pro loaded on it-I've noticed that when

>>I

>>use the disk cleanup utility that it doesn't have 'compress old files' or

>>'old chkdsk files' listed on the submenu. Since I bought this laptop

>>used,

>>I'm assuming that a previous owner had this option removed via the

>>registry.

>>Is there a way to get these options back using the Windows 2000 CD or does

>>this involve tooling around in the registry? Thanks for any response.

>

>

> AFAIR, Windows 2000 never had a native compress tool.

>

>

 

No it just didn't have "Zip folders", it did have NTFS compression.

 

 

The Disk Cleanup tool in Windows 2000 stops responding while it scans

old files for compression

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886219/en-us

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Compress Old Files utility is gone

 

You would need to export the key from a working install, and import it.

 

Disk Cleanup Tool Stops Responding While Compressing Old Files

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812248

 

janastarr wrote:

> Hello-

> I have a laptop with Windows 2000 Pro loaded on it-I've noticed that when I

> use the disk cleanup utility that it doesn't have 'compress old files' or

> 'old chkdsk files' listed on the submenu. Since I bought this laptop used,

> I'm assuming that a previous owner had this option removed via the registry.

> Is there a way to get these options back using the Windows 2000 CD or does

> this involve tooling around in the registry? Thanks for any response.