Windows 7 - Disk Cleanup : Extended

**Bare Foot Kid**

How to Use the Extended Disk Cleanup Feature in Windows 7

This will show you how to access and run the Extended Disk Cleanup function in Windows 7, allowing you to clean up more HDD space for you to use.

Note

This must be done in an elevated command window to complete.

Let's get started!

1) In the Windows 7 start menu search box type "cmd" (without the quotes) right click the entry and select "Run As Administrator" then enter your user credentials for the UAC prompt and click yes to open the command window.

2) In the command window that opens type the command below and hit enter.

Be advised: the command window must be left open while the cleanup is carried out.

Code:

%SystemRoot%\System32\Cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:65535

3) Now you will see the Disk Cleanup Settings window with more options available to you, select the ones you want to clean up then click ok; wait for the search and then the cleanup and then you're done.

To add a shortcut to the desktop.

Note

This .bat file was created by CarlTR6 credit for this goes to him!

1) In the Windows start menu search box type "notepad" (without the quotes) right click the entry and choose Run as Administrator then enter your user credentials in the UAC prompt and click yes to open notepad.

2) In notepad type the code below then in the upper left of notepad at File select "Save as" name the file anything you want but it must have the .bat extension then browse to C:/Windows/System32 and click Save, then back at "File" click "Exit" to close notepad.

Code:

 cd C:\windows\system32 
%SystemRoot%\System32\Cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:65535

3) Now click an empty spot on the desktop and click, "New, Shortcut" in the "Create Shortcut" window browse to C:\Windows\System32\<your file name.bat> and click ok, then in the next window click next, then for the last "Choose Name" window name the shortcut whatever you want (I chose something clever, "Clean") then click "Finish" to add the shortcut to the desktop, you're done.

Enjoy!

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**CarlTR6** · 04-05-2010

Thanks BFK; it worked well. I need to create a batch file for this.

**Bare Foot Kid** · 04-05-2010

Thanks Carl, if you want to post the .bat for others, feel free.

**CarlTR6** · 04-05-2010

I created the batch file in Notepad and named it clean.bat. The name does not matter; you can name it anything you wish as long as you give it the .bat extension.

Open Notepad. copy and paste the two lines below into Notepad.

cd C:\windows\system32
%SystemRoot%\System32\Cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:65535

Click on File and select Save as...

Type the file name and give it the .bat extension.

Select All files (*.*) and click Save.

Once I saved the file I moved it from the Documents folder to the Windows> System32 folder. The path on my computer is C:\Windows\System32.

To run the batch file and the program, open cmd as an administrator and type "clean" or whatever you named the file (without the quotation marks) at the prompt and hit Enter.

**Bare Foot Kid** · 04-05-2010

Cool, thanks Carl.

**CarlTR6** · 04-05-2010

You are welcome. I hope it helps someone.

**severedsolo** · 04-05-2010

carl and BFK great work, i would rep you, but apparently i havent repped enough people yet to make it work

carl i think your batch file is slightly wrong, i get "the filename directory name or volume syntax is incorrect" it still works because it has defaulted to C:\windows\system 32 anyway but on the first line, rather than "cd\C:\windows\system 32" shouldnt it be "cd c:\windows\system 32 (with a space instead of the slash)

**derekimo** · 04-05-2010

Thanks Ted and Carl, Nice Work!
+rep For both of you.
Derek

Thanks severedsolo also for spotting that.

The new one works perfect Carl.

**CarlTR6** · 04-05-2010

Yes, it should. That is a mistype on my part. I will correct it. Thank you very much.

**CarlTR6** · 04-05-2010

Thank you Derek. Much appreciated.

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