Yep, stop trying to compress them. Uncheck the box for compress old files in Disk Cleanup. It's a PITA, takes too long as you've discovered, and seems to me to save minimal space given today's HDD sizes.
Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alton Morrell Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 5:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Disk cleanup Win XP When I run disk cleanup it shows 35,443 KB of "Compress old files" that it will not remove or compress. It will show more than the above but it always reverts back to 35,443 KB, it seems froze. Any suggestions? -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
