Guest janastarr Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 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 \(MVP\) Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 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 Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 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 Posted December 4, 2007 Posted December 4, 2007 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.
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